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In reply to the discussion: America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)50. Well written, sir!
I don't necessary blame the '80s for what I think has been the biggest downfall of our country but it did bloom during that decade. I'm talking about television or more specifically, cable television. When I was watching TV during the '70s as a teenager, you pretty much had 3 channels, PBS, and the occasional fuzzy channel on UHF. When cable started to become popular with 13+ channels, there was more opportunity to start ramming the propaganda. We've been going downhill since, IMO.
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America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]
misanthrope
Jul 2017
OP
Well, the beginning of the backlash against whatever feminism had been able to accomplish in the 60s
meadowlander
Jul 2017
#108
50 yrs from now, most people won't know who those people are or those songs.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2017
#72
Yes, the 80's were a belligerent repudiation of Jimmy Carter and the direction he laid out for us.
NBachers
Jul 2017
#62
We had a president who asked nothing of us and blamed all ills on "the other".
Boomerproud
Jul 2017
#104
Reagan's trick, bad decisions and poor educations are the roosting chickens.
Democrats_win
Jul 2017
#78
Great rant! Also, Reagan colluded with Iran to manipulate U.S. election and in doing so kept
suffragette
Jul 2017
#79
I grew up in the DC Suburbs, went off to College in 1978, came back in 1983
Burma Jones
Jul 2017
#82
I usually find Bill Maher obnoxious, but he accurately nailed Reagan for our problems today.
robertpaulsen
Jul 2017
#93
This is when the Republicans began really using propaganda - Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#98
That is when Newt Gingrich came up with his propaganda tools - used to this day. It was cited
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#107