Where did we go wrong?

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Gary — 3/20/2005 6:50:16 PM (archived)

We were so optimistic in the 1960s. People were so hopeful about the future. It's now trendy to satirize the optimism of the 60s.

The current trendy message is: Those fools of the 60s! They actually thought they had a future with hope and promise. We know better! The world is going to hell in a hand basket and there's nothing you can do to stop it.

During the 1960s we had Soviet thermonuclear weapons hanging over our heads by a gossamer thread. The Vietnam war was being mismanaged towards our eventual defeat. We had the draft. The hard left was gaining control of our university campuses with political demonstrations getting more violent. Those were good reasons back then not to be optimistic but people were optimistic anyway. Maybe that optimism came from our parents and grandparents surviving the Great Depression, World War II and McCarthyism. Times have been so good for the last 40 years that we have nothing to constrast against it.

Gary

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"Incredibles" DVD out. - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2005 10:46:05 PM
- Wow! Just received "Red Dwarf" seasons 5 and 6, too! - Tom Brosz - 3/22/2005 5:31:06 PM
- For anime fans: "Steamboy" reviewed - Fox - 3/20/2005 5:15:28 PM
- The shocker... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/20/2005 12:39:50 AM
  - Rambler station wagons - Gary - 3/20/2005 1:20:36 AM
    - re: Rambler station wagons - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/20/2005 7:36:28 AM
      - Fins on autos: structure that does not follow function. - alcaray - 3/21/2005 5:59:45 PM
        
        Over 120 mph they can help keep the rear down ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/24/2005 12:33:17 AM
        
        1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille - Gary - 3/23/2005 5:23:36 AM
      - Where did we go wrong? - Gary - 3/20/2005 6:50:16 PM
        
        I think you've answered part of it yourself... (and a bonus Incredibles movie analysis!) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/21/2005 5:35:03 AM
        
        The old optimism - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2005 4:48:30 PM
        
        The survivors of World War II are the ones who drove the 1960s. - Gary - 3/21/2005 7:56:35 AM
        
        that's it exactly - Daniel - 3/24/2005 9:40:13 AM
        
        Thta was an interesting read. - Sam F. - 3/21/2005 7:09:19 AM
        
        Ditto that. Very perceptive.... Thank you (n/t) - Gary - 3/21/2005 7:28:14 AM
        
        You must also be "white, male and probably well over 30". :-) - Sam F. - 3/21/2005 9:21:01 AM
        
        Simpler answer: there's no political power to be had in optimism. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2005 10:32:19 PM
        
        Even Simpler answer: Weed, valium and LSD (n/t) - tony - 3/21/2005 1:56:24 AM
        
        That was over my head. Please elaborate. (n/t) - Gary - 3/20/2005 11:04:54 PM
        
        re: Please elaborate. - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2005 2:27:22 AM
        
        one (n/t) - alcaray - 3/21/2005 10:24:50 PM
    - re: Rambler station wagons - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:41:20 AM
      - Okay, I'll take the bait - Gary - 3/20/2005 3:37:48 AM
        
        Discussed Below In Thread On Investing - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:04:23 AM
        
        There's no money in restoring old cars - Gary - 3/20/2005 11:12:52 PM
- It's outstanding - Gary - 3/20/2005 12:07:36 AM

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