LogFAQs > #960060185

JOExHIGASHI posted...

I suppose if someone was racist, sexist, etc. they would hate modern day and love the 50s.

You're assuming everyone would immediately think of those specific things at all when considering the question. Someone focused entirely on economy or global politics wouldn't necessarily think of those things at all.

You're also assuming that women and ethnic/racial minorities can't have the perception that today is equally as bad in those respects as it was back then. After all, if civil rights issues were perfectly solved and totally superior today, BLM wouldn't need to exist, would it? And women wouldn't still be fighting over only earning 70% of what men earn, etc. Not to mention stuff like the constant talk about Roe v. Wade getting overturned, illegal immigrants being detained and having their kids taken away, etc etc. Some people might see the current situation as not being all that much better than they used to be.

You're also assuming that people can't see things like imminent climate collapse, global pandemics, shipping crises, and a 24-hour news cycle constantly sensationalizing and politicizing every negative story make the entire world a worse place for everyone even if they think the individual rights of women and minorities have incrementally improved in the meantime.

We can argue over whether or not people are right (because the question itself is incredibly subjective), but people aren't necessarily wrong or terrible for thinking it if they can justify their reasons (and if their reasons aren't just "Everything was better when black people knew their place and women stayed in the kitchen").
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