It takes a quick google search to learn about poverty in the 1950s. The poverty rate was 22% - about 40 million folks in the US at the time. I'm pretty sure pov

It takes a quick google search to learn about poverty in the 1950s. The poverty rate was 22% - about 40 million folks in the US at the time. I'm pretty sure poverty makes you worry about not supporting a family, and I'm pretty sure that over a fifth of the population being in poverty is more than just a few folks. "The richest society in the world" can still contain a lot of poverty. None of the things you said mean poverty wasn't an issue. They are just numbers without context nor comparison. Links: https://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/poverty-united-states/#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201950s%2C%20the,million%20Americans%20living%20in%20poverty https://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/poverty-united-s.... https://study.com/academy/lesson/urban-poverty-in-the-us-in-the-1950s.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/urban-poverty-in-the-us-in-... https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-01/economic-growth-in-the-1950s-left-a-lot-of-americans-behind https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-01/econom...