Is there a period in American history you would prefer living in to right now?

[Recursion]

If so, when is it?

I can't think of a time in our past I'd prefer to be living in than right now.

[Recursion]

1. Cue "so things are perfect?!" strawmen in 3... 2... 1... (nt)

[Socal31]

2. All we are is dust in the wind.

:

[okasha]

3. Pre-Columbian.

[Recursion]

4. Meh. That's a broad category

Some nations, some time periods, maybe.

[okasha]

17. Meh yourself.

Did you want other people's answers, or only agreement with your own?

[Revanchist]

5. The early 1960's

So I could see the Rat Pack perform live in Vegas before the town was turned into a family tourist attraction.

[Recursion]

6. Granted; I'd love to time-tourist to the 1920s myself (nt)

[MgtPA]

7. Mid/late 1970's for me.

Vietnam war ended, draft ended, Nixon ended, ERA on it's way to being ratified...it was a pretty hopeful time. The music was pretty good too (except for disco).

[Recursion]

9. 9% unemployment, 10% inflation? Sign me up! (nt)

[Tanuki]

8. If I was living "then" I'd be dead "now," so I'll go with "now"!

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Before the Europeans found it.

That would have been a much better time to have lived here.

[Vinca]

11. I wouldn't mind going back to the 1960's if I could keep the knowledge

I've gained since then. (This must be geezer me talking. I liked the 50's, too. LOL.)

[Recursion]

12. You'd want to live in a time of racial segregation, massive official gender discrimination

nearly universal closeting of LGBTs, etc.? I find that difficult to understand.

[Vinca]

15. That was a time when you felt like you could actually change things.

And we did. Today it seems everything is bought and paid for and changes only happens for the highest bidder.

[Armstead]

16. Life was on a more humsn scale, we hadn't totally fucked the earth...

And, as Vinca said there was a sense thst changes were Possible. Corporate power had not become as embedded in government, and not as big snd overpowering.

Yes, in tetms of systemic inequality, things were bad. Segregation and inequality were bad, but there was a detrrmination those could be overcome and rectified, and a sense of forward movement.

No never a perfect time, but on balance we as a nation were much better iff.

[RiverLover]

13. I would prefer both parties to not be run by Moneyed Interests, in today's world.

We need to get $$$ out of politics.

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[Skid Rogue]

14. Beam me 1000 years foward.

I want to know how the story ends.