Cartoon: They were... (really scary) Socialist invaders from the future - by Ruben Bolling

[kpete]

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. It's brilliant, ... and true. The 50s were like that: progressive, liberal by today's standards.

No universal health care, though. And last panel would be exactly the reaction in the 50s.

[Yavin4]

3. Here's the key difference. Those programs mostly benefitted White people.

Esp. federal housing policies.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Your observation is key. . . . nt

[HughBeaumont]

2. Despite what this comic asserts . . .

. . . the wealthy right wing hated these restrictions. In the following decades, and with the help of their rich buddies and the churches, Lewis Powell and Dick Nixon took care of things in a fast hurry.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Did it have to say 'Jew' and 'colored'?

They could have left that out.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. That was the punch line.

While we may have made strides socially, we've lost ground to capitalism, if that makes sense. Those would have been the polite terms in the '50s. No one said black or AA then.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. People were afraid of different things back in the '50s ...

... and it also suggests that a some people have to have something to be afraid of, even if they have to make it up.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. you're trying to socialism me!

K&R