Still better than the current full steam ahead into fascism.
Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
yeah! let’s go back to a time when gas was $12 a gallon. where women had two jobs, making babies and making dinner. where teen pregnancy was at its highest ever. where the government fueled a drug and arms war in South America. where the constant threat of thermonuclear war was banging on the iron dome every single day.
yeah…sounds like a fuckin blast from the past. fuckin rad.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
woosh
I think you might have been too young to remember the Regan years.
not nearly as tumultuous as today, but certainly similar in spirit.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I might be old, but I have not forgotten him. He is one of the root causes for what is currently happening in the US.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
People tend to filter out the bad memories, like the fact that crackheads were breaking into cars constantly, making it nearly impossible to have a decent car stereo. They started making them that you could pull out, and take into the house. It was common to see cars parked on the street with a sign that said “No Valuables in car.”
The crime rates in America in the 80s were through the roof. It wasn’t until the earl/mid 90s that they dropped.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Reagan/Thatcher is the reason why “moderate left wing” nowadays means “liberalism” instead of “social democracy”, and even most so called social democrats nowadays act like liberals instead.
And now the christofascists want to have their “Blair Labour” moment on social issues, and I’m afraid they’ve mostly succeeded that with “Starmer Labour”. They want a world, where there’s no real alternatives to “hard conservatism” (fascism).
qarbone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can’t tell if the joke is that now is just back then, but again.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
where the constant threat of thermonuclear war was banging on the iron dome every single day.
That’s good. Memento mori, carpe diem.
Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dont forget the insane racism and misogyny and HOMOPHOBIA on another level. It made news when someone shook a gay guys hand. And the good ol death by AIDS sweeping the nation. The horrific parenting that led to PSA asking if they know where their kids are. The fucking unsolved kidnappings. The escalators that didn’t have emergency stops and would choke you to death on your own shoelace.