As much as we might like to go back to 1968 or any other "simpler time" which wasn't riddled with today's problems we can't.
A detailed study would show you only that it was a different time, with different problems which also weren't solved satisfactorily by the government of the day.
Here's a couple of things that weren't problems...I kinda like to think they were big deals back then because they sure as Hell are big deals now.
1. I was a part time dishwasher at a greasy spoon and a full time starving college student in Minneapolis...in 1978, ten years AFTER 1968.
I was able to afford rent on a 120 - MAYBE 150 SF bachelor apartment, w/kitchenette and my own bathroom.
It was $110 a month. I was also able to afford gas for my jalopy, a 1967 Chevy six cylinder pickup, and food.
I suspect that same apartment was probably 50 bucks a month in 1968.
2. And my college tuition was couch change.
A different time with different problems, yes...but the BIG things like getting a decent education so you could have upward mobility, and a roof over your head, were not big problems.
And furthermore, in 1968 it was still illegal for corporations to profit off healthcare.
Guess what Perotista keeps harping about day in and day out...the cost of living.
Only he's fond of soothing and comforting the folks who think it's all Biden's fault.
We know that's bullcrap.
And so is just dismissing everything out of hand by saying "It was a different time".
