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I think business people were definitely cool into he 80s. I wasnt there but the whole wolf of wall street Reaganomics thing was definitely cool even if it was d
by vikramkr 7y ago
I think business people were definitely cool into he 80s. I wasnt there but the whole wolf of wall street Reaganomics thing was definitely cool even if it was destructive. And startup founders were definitely cool for a bit until we started hating tech. Rich people making money is almost always cool in American culture, whether it's startups or wall street or mob bosses
- krapp 7y agoMaybe, I barely remember the 80s, so you might have a point. But even so, the cool business people tended to be the rich CEOs and Wall Street types (and I remember plenty of those as villains as well, think OCP from RoboCop) but still, they weren't the ones using the computers.
- asveikau 7y agoBill Gates was quite rich and ordinary people used to talk about him a lot. He was never seen as cool in that time. He's had a bit of a reputation increase since then, part of it is probably his philanthropy, but also nerdy people are much more accepted and celebrated these days.
- b0rsuk 7y agoReally? I think it's the opposite. It's golden era for celebrities. You have fb, igram, yt and other platforms. You no longer need to be invited to TV or star in a movie. You can trivially publish a blog. Charisma never had as many opportunities as today. Trump, Boris Johnson - many people know they're compulsive liars and still don't care. Respect for academics is probably at its lowest. Science fiction was transformed from a popular science gateway drug to a source of colorful explosions and action movies.