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What does everyone think of the 1970s in America? Was it a decade of new possibilities for increased class and racial solidarity? Or was it the beginning of the end for American democracy?
I feel like the 1970s were the last hopeful decade America had and since then everything has only gotten worse, in terms of race relations, class division and wealth inequality, dysfunctional political systems, the death of unions and the working-class, erosion of the middle class, etc.
Also, some of the greatest films and music of all time came out during the 1970s.
Bump with some classic '70s Marvin Gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iDj1D2OimM
Beginning of the time of decadence
>>466321
DISCO
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY
>>466321
>I feel like the 1970s were the last hopeful decade America had
that would be the 90's senpai
>big bad gommies finally defeated
>before the GWOT
>before the paranoia of the post-9/11 world
>still got that 80's aesthetic
>>467508
>not realizing that the bipolar hegemony of US vs. USSR was vastly preferable to the bullshit geopolitical situation we have today
>>467556
I agree, but if you ask someone back then whether having the USSR would be better over islamic shitslinging I'd bet most would not answer yes.
I do think having a definite outside enemy that isn't an amorphous group of religious extremists would do wonders for the west.
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Just imagine if McGovern was elected President in '72.
>>466321
There was some awesome music back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huzYji2OAD4
>>468942
desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDAfa-NI-M
>>468942
And some great educational programs for American kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWN6CgUCDhk
>>468960
Awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipjrg5O0A4
>>468997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk
truly one of the GOAT decades in terms of music.
>DUDE STAGFLATION LMAO
>DUDE ENERGY CRISES LMAO
>DUDE POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION LMAO
Great decade for movies and music, shit for everything else.
Is Disco the only musical genre that was born and died in the same decade?
>>470965
Pretty much this.
>>466321
'80s were pretty hopeful thanks to all the new technology
Same goes for the '90s since it was the high point of the US as a superpower
'70s had a lot of things going awry - the end of American involvement in Indochina, Watergate, the 1973 energy crisis, social blowback from the '60s, and to close out the decade the Iranian Revolution/hostage crisis
Not to mention crime was high. Plus race relations didn't deteriorate until recently. But this is just nitpicking, the '70s was still one of the great decades in America's power
The 60s were the beginning of the end
>>472025
Disco didn't die. It just got a name change
