23 Nov 2021 8:59 am
The MAGA crowd never did answer this question. If Make America Great Again is a campaign slogan, it begs the question, WHEN was America great?
I say we had 3 decades of greatness, roughly 1950 to 1980. That was when America had great standing on the world stage, everybody wanted to come here, and opportunities were amazing for even average folk. A family could be raised on one income, all indicators of quality of life were on the rise. Of course, the caveat to all this is it was true if you are white.
After about 1980, the middle class began to evaporate. Homelessness, poverty, sickness, drug addiction, all began to skyrocket.
Anyway that’s my take. I would like to know how some others would answer the question… when was America great? And how in the world could we ever return to greatness?
I say we had 3 decades of greatness, roughly 1950 to 1980. That was when America had great standing on the world stage, everybody wanted to come here, and opportunities were amazing for even average folk. A family could be raised on one income, all indicators of quality of life were on the rise. Of course, the caveat to all this is it was true if you are white.
After about 1980, the middle class began to evaporate. Homelessness, poverty, sickness, drug addiction, all began to skyrocket.
Anyway that’s my take. I would like to know how some others would answer the question… when was America great? And how in the world could we ever return to greatness?