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The Soul-Crushing Malaise of the 1950s Killed the American Dream

Started by Hazumu, February 01, 2009, 01:47:46 AM

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By Michael Bader, AlterNet. Posted January 31, 2009.



QuoteThe current economic climate is only the most recent of a serious of blows to our rebellions of the '60s. First, our idealism became corroded under the weight of the greed and rabid individualism of the late 1980s. Next, our political hopes were dashed by the disappointments and betrayals of the Clinton years, and finally, at the start of the new millennium, our remaining energy was cynically stolen by what felt at the time like a right-wing coup. The "deals" made between husbands and wives and mothers and fathers in the 1950s in which spontaneity, authenticity and passion were swept under the rug of economic growth seem to be on the table again today in the current conditions of insecurity in which we find ourselves.
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