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Apr. 26th, 2011 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brushwolfI think I figured out what's going on with the last decade plus. Is it just that all decades wind up having the same BS, but is it like the last 10 1/3 years have been some weird cross of the '70s and '80s?
'70s; the dream of revolution is dead, the Republicans are corrupt, the Democrat president is an outsider who can't make any headway, fuel costs are skyrocketing, and environmentalism exists as a cross between mass-marketed optimism and sincere worry that, if we don't do something to save the earth and soon, there won't be anything to save in a few decades. Thanks to the technical advances of the '60s, there are more technological advances - and more of a "gee whiz!" attitude to all the amazing stuff out there.
'80s; what we're supposed to believe about the USA and her place in the world is that we are desperately threatened at all times and only military dick-waving can save us from the evil enemy tide; we're supposed to be obsessive about the latest new gadgets and movies and trendy celebrities, we're supposed to buy into greed, and by the way, our industrial base apparently has been replaced by a major Asian economic powerhouse and there's a pretty bad recession. If you don't believe what you're supposed to, what you see is instead just more Republicans stuffing the Supreme Court, dismantling the unions, screwing over Queers and minorities, and ensuring more people will die out there on the streets.
'70s; the dream of revolution is dead, the Republicans are corrupt, the Democrat president is an outsider who can't make any headway, fuel costs are skyrocketing, and environmentalism exists as a cross between mass-marketed optimism and sincere worry that, if we don't do something to save the earth and soon, there won't be anything to save in a few decades. Thanks to the technical advances of the '60s, there are more technological advances - and more of a "gee whiz!" attitude to all the amazing stuff out there.
'80s; what we're supposed to believe about the USA and her place in the world is that we are desperately threatened at all times and only military dick-waving can save us from the evil enemy tide; we're supposed to be obsessive about the latest new gadgets and movies and trendy celebrities, we're supposed to buy into greed, and by the way, our industrial base apparently has been replaced by a major Asian economic powerhouse and there's a pretty bad recession. If you don't believe what you're supposed to, what you see is instead just more Republicans stuffing the Supreme Court, dismantling the unions, screwing over Queers and minorities, and ensuring more people will die out there on the streets.