Comments on: Was Life Better in the 1940s and 1950s? http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/ For People Pursuing Freedom Tue, 08 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jean http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-9211 Jean Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:57:44 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-9211 I read your article about the 40s and 50s but I have to disagree While we do have all the modern conveniences, health benefits, and education tools available, etc. that the 40s and 50s did not have ... today’s times lacks family camaraderie. All the modern conveniences and outside influences that we have today have actually decayed the family unit. I’m talking about the type of family that I grew up with who was like the families portrayed on The Walton’s, The Beaver, Father Knows Best, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Wonder Years. Too many families today are torn apart and discombobulated with each person going off in pursuit of their own quests. The families in the 40s and 50s were close-knit and operated as a team. Their values and standards were high and came from lessons of love and morality taught by their parents and grandparents. The family of the 40s and 50s achieved their healing and spiritual uplifts within the family unit itself not from outside sources. I think you were only looking at it from the perspective of economics and the inventiveness of modern conveniences rather than the family unit itself. And while we're talking about economics ... how about those families whose parents have lost their jobs and homes and have no source to pay their bills so they live in their cars or on the streets or in tent cities? Where are their modern conveniences? How about the family in rural South Carolina my sister who is a school teacher told me about who have no running water in their home so they bathe and wash their laundry in the creek behind their house even in freezing temperatures? Where are their modern conveniences? And these families I'm talking about are not the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s. I'm talking about NOW TODAY! So how can the 21ST century be better? What planet are you living on? I don't see anything in your article about any of the things I have mentioned or how these families who live in their car, on the streets, or in tent cities deal with every day life just to survive. My sister says you need to get a reality check. And I have to agree with her. You never touched on those issues at all. Not everything in this world is about economics. There are some things in the world that you cannot put a dollar value on – the family is one of those things. I read your article about the 40s and 50s but I have to disagree While we do have all the modern conveniences, health benefits, and education tools available, etc. that the 40s and 50s did not have … today’s times lacks family camaraderie. All the modern conveniences and outside influences that we have today have actually decayed the family unit.

I’m talking about the type of family that I grew up with who was like the families portrayed on The Walton’s, The Beaver, Father Knows Best, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Wonder Years. Too many families today are torn apart and discombobulated with each person going off in pursuit of their own quests. The families in the 40s and 50s were close-knit and operated as a team. Their values and standards were high and came from lessons of love and morality taught by their parents and grandparents. The family of the 40s and 50s achieved their healing and spiritual uplifts within the family unit itself not from outside sources.

I think you were only looking at it from the perspective of economics and the inventiveness of modern conveniences rather than the family unit itself.

And while we’re talking about economics … how about those families whose parents have lost their jobs and homes and have no source to pay their bills so they live in their cars or on the streets or in tent cities? Where are their modern conveniences? How about the family in rural South Carolina my sister who is a school teacher told me about who have no running water in their home so they bathe and wash their laundry in the creek behind their house even in freezing temperatures? Where are their modern conveniences? And these families I’m talking about are not the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s. I’m talking about NOW TODAY!

So how can the 21ST century be better? What planet are you living on? I don’t see anything in your article about any of the things I have mentioned or how these families who live in their car, on the streets, or in tent cities deal with every day life just to survive. My sister says you need to get a reality check. And I have to agree with her.

You never touched on those issues at all. Not everything in this world is about economics. There are some things in the world that you cannot put a dollar value on – the family is one of those things.

]]> By: Freida Gluglach http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-9207 Freida Gluglach Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:58:30 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-9207 It's people like you Steve that just don't get it..Life was better then...It was'nt as complicated..and your prcious computer..Granted, it can help you find things, but what have you really found?..Can you trust what you find...It is a world of deception and misinformation...Even government is spinning out of control...Wall street is stealing your money and the government can't stop it...Even congreeswsmen are out for themselves...Yeah, it's a great life...It's no wonder that so many illegal drugs are coming into this country...Somebody's buying them...So you really thik that life is better now?..Maybe you're on drugs...People need to realize that we have lost control in every way..And unfortunately , we can never get it back..Have a nice life.. It’s people like you Steve that just don’t get it..Life was better then…It was’nt as complicated..and your prcious computer..Granted, it can help you find things, but what have you really found?..Can you trust what you find…It is a world of deception and misinformation…Even government is spinning out of control…Wall street is stealing your money and the government can’t stop it…Even congreeswsmen are out for themselves…Yeah, it’s a great life…It’s no wonder that so many illegal drugs are coming into this country…Somebody’s buying them…So you really thik that life is better now?..Maybe you’re on drugs…People need to realize that we have lost control in every way..And unfortunately , we can never get it back..Have a nice life..

]]> By: Mark http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-9160 Mark Wed, 04 May 2011 21:16:41 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-9160 In the 50's people were satisfied with comfort. Now, everyone wants luxury. Colleges are jam-packed because everyone wants a 800k home with 2 luxury cars in the driveway. Why is everyone so terrified to be part of the working class? In the 50′s people were satisfied with comfort. Now, everyone wants luxury. Colleges are jam-packed because everyone wants a 800k home with 2 luxury cars in the driveway.

Why is everyone so terrified to be part of the working class?

]]> By: Ben http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-9130 Ben Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:41:36 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-9130 Things were better in the 1950s. I don't need a high standard if living. I need to know there are jobs available for hardworking educated PhDs like myself and that a couple with three PhDs between them can actually get a down payment for a house and a loan for a home. And my parents were not using outhouses in the 50s and their parents had electricity and bathrooms in the 40s as well. Sheesh! Things were better in the 1950s. I don’t need a high standard if living. I need to know there are jobs available for hardworking educated PhDs like myself and that a couple with three PhDs between them can actually get a down payment for a house and a loan for a home.

And my parents were not using outhouses in the 50s and their parents had electricity and bathrooms in the 40s as well. Sheesh!

]]> By: Nolan http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 Nolan Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:45:42 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-8964 Well I grew up on a small farm in the 1940's. Been there! Done that! There are good and bad things about nearly any era in our history. However, just how many of the current luxuries are absolutely necessary? Times were much simpler back then, slower paced with less stress--was hard to go at a faster pace in a wagon, but they weren't necessarily easier. That being said, most of the people were in better physical condition than the current "pudgie" generation. Well I grew up on a small farm in the 1940′s. Been there! Done that! There are good and bad things about nearly any era in our history. However, just how many of the current luxuries are absolutely necessary? Times were much simpler back then, slower paced with less stress–was hard to go at a faster pace in a wagon, but they weren’t necessarily easier. That being said, most of the people were in better physical condition than the current “pudgie” generation.

]]> By: 27 year old living amoungst strangers. http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-4046 27 year old living amoungst strangers. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:02:23 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-4046 My vehicle and $50 used stereo are my two most valuable possessions, in terms of monetary value (I am using my friends computer at the moment). I am amazed that people believe computers, televisions, cell phones and higher education are necessities. I think many of you should visit Haiti. My sister worked there prior to the earthquake. She told me stories of extremely poor families whom were happier than your average American. They aren't running themselves ragged to aquire a larger bank account and inanimate objects. Both of which will remain with the living after they crate you or dump your ashes into an urn. Thoreau was absolutely correct. "Simplify simplify". It is sad how obessed we are with what appears to be everything except actual necessities. My vehicle and $50 used stereo are my two most valuable possessions, in terms of monetary value (I am using my friends computer at the moment). I am amazed that people believe computers, televisions, cell phones and higher education are necessities. I think many of you should visit Haiti. My sister worked there prior to the earthquake. She told me stories of extremely poor families whom were happier than your average American. They aren’t running themselves ragged to aquire a larger bank account and inanimate objects. Both of which will remain with the living after they crate you or dump your ashes into an urn. Thoreau was absolutely correct. “Simplify simplify”. It is sad how obessed we are with what appears to be everything except actual necessities.

]]> By: Nick http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Nick Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:28:15 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-4045 No offense, but the assesment here is kind inaccurate. I mean I definitely agree with the idea here that we have a lot of modern convienences, and that our current situation in many ways isn't as bad as other hugely desperate times in the United states, and that we all need to look at the positive in life, but the initial statement here was regarding the 40's and 50's, but then you go into actually discussing the great depression periods of the 30's. The later 40's and 50's were far different than the 30's you were depicting here, and main fact is that in the 50's people all over the US, were able to buy homes, even with nice pieces of land, raise a family, and actually pay their home off and save a real retirement with one decent income, now that is almost impossible. Even people with lower end jobs, like a milk man in the 50's, could pay off a home, support his family, and save a real retirement. Now days, it takes two incomes just to make ends meet for a family, and forget really being able to buy a house with a nice chunk of land, pay it off, and have a real reitirement unless you make upper end, like atleast $150,000 a year type money. This is the biggest difference, and why the later 40's and 50's trully were a better time in the US. Also during this time, there was a good economical balance, and you didn't have to totally tailor your private life to you employers demands like you do now, a man could be a man, and if he got the job done well his credentials came second. Now you have to meat an overwhelming amout of nitpicking demands to get the better jobs, like personally prying health exams, blood tests, urine tests, and that fact that employers keep databases of every employer you worked for, giving workers no control of who they consider their refernces, unless you have upper class credntials. This unfortuneatl places employers as automatically in control of your future employment opportunities, regardless of if they treated you unjustly or unfairly. No offense, but the assesment here is kind inaccurate. I mean I definitely agree with the idea here that we have a lot of modern convienences, and that our current situation in many ways isn’t as bad as other hugely desperate times in the United states, and that we all need to look at the positive in life, but the initial statement here was regarding the 40′s and 50′s, but then you go into actually discussing the great depression periods of the 30′s. The later 40′s and 50′s were far different than the 30′s you were depicting here, and main fact is that in the 50′s people all over the US, were able to buy homes, even with nice pieces of land, raise a family, and actually pay their home off and save a real retirement with one decent income, now that is almost impossible. Even people with lower end jobs, like a milk man in the 50′s, could pay off a home, support his family, and save a real retirement. Now days, it takes two incomes just to make ends meet for a family, and forget really being able to buy a house with a nice chunk of land, pay it off, and have a real reitirement unless you make upper end, like atleast $150,000 a year type money. This is the biggest difference, and why the later 40′s and 50′s trully were a better time in the US. Also during this time, there was a good economical balance, and you didn’t have to totally tailor your private life to you employers demands like you do now, a man could be a man, and if he got the job done well his credentials came second. Now you have to meat an overwhelming amout of nitpicking demands to get the better jobs, like personally prying health exams, blood tests, urine tests, and that fact that employers keep databases of every employer you worked for, giving workers no control of who they consider their refernces, unless you have upper class credntials. This unfortuneatl places employers as automatically in control of your future employment opportunities, regardless of if they treated you unjustly or unfairly.

]]> By: Using a Mind Gem to Achieve Success in Life | mindsecretsexposed.com http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 Using a Mind Gem to Achieve Success in Life | mindsecretsexposed.com Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:19:39 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-4044 [...] not go their way. Break out from it early! Stop what you have been doing for the past years of your life. Rather, use positive affirmations. For example, instead of saying “Why must this happen”, say [...] [...] not go their way. Break out from it early! Stop what you have been doing for the past years of your life. Rather, use positive affirmations. For example, instead of saying “Why must this happen”, say [...]

]]> By: SADRU JASANI http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 SADRU JASANI Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:26:46 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-4043 YOU HAVE EDUCATED ME MORE IN ONE ARTICLE, THAN MY 35 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY. THANKS A MILLION. I AM ABLE TO APPRECIATE LIFE MORE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. THANKS FOR OPENING MY EYES. THANK GOD AND AMERICA FOR EVERYTHING! BEST REGARDS, SADRU. YOU HAVE EDUCATED ME MORE IN ONE ARTICLE, THAN MY 35 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY. THANKS A MILLION. I AM ABLE TO APPRECIATE LIFE MORE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. THANKS FOR OPENING MY EYES. THANK GOD AND AMERICA FOR EVERYTHING! BEST REGARDS, SADRU.

]]> By: shagaia http://steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/comment-page-1/#comment-4042 shagaia Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:47:43 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/was-life-better-in-the-1940s-and-1950s/#comment-4042 As you are - so am I - grateful. As far as those old cars that you think no one would want, if you know where I can get one of'em - 55 Ford Thunderbird for example - at their original price let me know - I'd like to order two. GREAT post by the way. Peace, Shagaia As you are – so am I – grateful. As far as those old cars that you think no one would want, if you know where I can get one of’em – 55 Ford Thunderbird for example – at their original price let me know – I’d like to order two.

GREAT post by the way. Peace, Shagaia

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