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Why do some people want to go back to the 1950’s? (lemmings.world)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

(If you are a USian) your conservative dad should probably know that corporate tax rates in the US were as high as 52% in the 1950s. Imagine the social programs that could be paid for which such things.

Most of the people who say they want to go back to the 1950s for political reasons don't mean it. They just want to cherrypick certain things and claim everything used to be better. As with anything, there's a lot of extra details, but I'd be willing to bet that a lot of these folks want the casual racism but not the taxes.