this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
1064 points (98.2% liked)

Memes

51594 readers
1529 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
1064
Nostalgia (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 days ago by crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml
80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

fr I'm sick of people portraying the 50s as this majestic golden age. people pretended everything was fine

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A full family (of white people) could still survive off a single person working, though. That bit was nice. Not the white people bit, obviously.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

Because the country was rich post-war and subsidizing a lot of suburban families.