"That families were happier. Abuse and domestic violence were ignored. So many people were trapped literally without options to leave." - TurbulentSomewhere64
"That they were any 'better' than now. People romanticize the '40s and '50s. I was around for both. The '40s were during a World War, not fun and games... It was not a good time to be a woman, POC, an LGBTQ person, or a member of a religion that was not mainstream Christian." - madqueen100
"Have you ever gotten water out of a well? Or washed clothes in a big tub by hand and dried them on a line?... I remember my great-grandmother telling me this was her normal morning as a young woman."
"That American society was less violent. My generation lived through civil unrest, and despite some beliefs, each decade has had its violence and struggles."
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