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Sure the same way I yearn for Middle Earth then.

If you take at least half of a reasonable utilitarian position then 70s don’t stand a chance no matter how you look at it. Everything is literally better now except nostalgic bullshit like “housing was cheaper if I was white american” and “I couldn’t doomscroll” sort of nonsense.

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yarr@feddit.nl ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t find it too hard to indicate some things that were actually better in the 1970s:

Consumer goods and appliances were typically more reliable and designed to be repaired

Less additives in the food supply

Obesity was less of a problem

College education was more affordable with an entry level job

Children had more freedom (would roam the neighborhood for hours unsupervised)

Less surveilance

I can make all these points without saying “1970 was better in every way than 2025”. Why does it have to be all-or-nothing? Can’t some things have been better then and not worse?
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