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> The Cold War undoubtedly helped, though my impression (I am not American) is that there was a greater sense of social cohesion back then (that did not include
by justin66 7y ago
> The Cold War undoubtedly helped, though my impression (I am not American) is that there was a greater sense of social cohesion back then (that did not include minorities).
Not to be dismissive, but... no. You're talking about the time of the Civil Rights era and the Vietnam war. When you hear Americans talk about how utterly divided these times are, keep in mind that, on the whole, we have no sense of history and the attention span of a gnat.
- noir-york 7y agoGot a point there; a I forgot that this was also the time of the Vietnam war / Civil Rights.
- mturmon 7y agoJust as an example, Gil Scott-Heron's critique: https://genius.com/Gil-scott-heron-whitey-on-the-moon-annotated https://genius.com/Gil-scott-heron-whitey-on-the-moon-annota..., or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4