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JohnJamesRambo ◴[31 Jan 21 02:36 UTC] No.25975222[source]▶
I hit 1993 and David Letterman came on and I’m awash in nostalgia for what seems like such a simpler, happier time. People liked each other. They could concentrate longer than three seconds. Dave and Paul are genuinely laughing and everything is all right.

What a fantastic website.

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TedDoesntTalk ◴[31 Jan 21 04:14 UTC] No.25975867[source]▶
Things were NOT simpler. The problems were different. When you are living them in the moment, they are every bit as large as your problems are now.

And fwiw, people in the 90s looked back on the 50s and thought “oh what a simpler, happier time.”

It’s a filtered lens you’re using and you are deluding yourself if you think that any time before you had it simpler and happier simply because they did not have “X” or “Y” that you do today.

How about date rape epidemics in the 90s? And women’s right and outlook for careers and equal pay?

LGBTQ rights? Hahahahahah

I mean, I can go on if you want?

I’m guessing you were a kid in 90s so things were simpler and happier for YOU because you did not have to worry about adult problems?

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Larrikin ◴[31 Jan 21 04:43 UTC] No.25976032[source]▶
As someone who is not white, the thought of using a time machine and ending up in 1950s america is a terrifying thought.
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1. chrisco255 ◴[31 Jan 21 10:44 UTC] No.25977811[source]▶
What part of the world in 1950s would you travel to that you think would be better?
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2. Larrikin ◴[31 Jan 21 12:46 UTC] No.25978409[source]▶
If we're discussing relative activities would you rather have a finger cut off or a leg cut off?

The idea of time travel being a fun concept, especially in recent history has very real implications if you go anywhere in the world where you're a minority or not from a colonial power subjecting people to your will.

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3. chrisco255 ◴[31 Jan 21 21:40 UTC] No.25982820[source]▶
An extremely small number of people were involved in those. And meanwhile, China was extinguishing anti-communist dissidents by the millions in the Mao revolution. India had its caste system in full effect. Africa was even poorer than it is today with many battles, regional strifes, etc. Cuba got taken over by communists, for example, many forced to flee to the U.S. afterwards. They didn't seem to worry about the "prevalent lynchings" as you characterize it, or exaggerate it beyond its relative scale in what was going on in the world at the time.
4. chrisco255 ◴[31 Jan 21 22:01 UTC] No.25982977[source]▶
Yes, even before colonial times, this sort of thing is ancient. Being a Frenchman in Britain 400 years ago you would find yourself in the disdainful company if not outright contempt of your peers. These countries fought 100 year war despite being extremely close from a racial perspective. And you had this same pattern play out all over the world. Indian tribes and nations warred with each other, slaughtered each other, sacrificed each other. Asians, Africans, Mediterranean empires, etc. There is no point in history you can go back to where these dynamics are not in play. It's the remarkable achievement of the past 100 or so years that we move relatively freely in most of the first world today without fear of violence or extreme bigotry. Tribalism is the rule of human history, not the exception. And U.S. was for better or worse a proving ground for how a multicultural and multiracial society could work. No doubt that came with sacrifices and tragedies, but I suspect without those, we'd not have had much change in the world.
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5. anthk ◴[31 Jan 21 23:11 UTC] No.25983554[source]▶
Europe was majority white and even in the Fascist Spain if you declared yourself Catholic, pro Spain and such, no one would give a shit except for propaganda ("look, a remote blackie from Africa being happy in the regime, we are a success").

Gay people got screwed not matter the race, tho.

6. anthk ◴[31 Jan 21 23:13 UTC] No.25983569{3}[source]▶
The US didn't end the tribalism, ever. Europe did, and even more because of the Nazis' antiexample.