"without those pesky women, gays and other minorities raising their voices." Consult the calendar. When Joe Biden was young, the Sixties were in full swing and

"without those pesky women, gays and other minorities raising their voices." Consult the calendar. When Joe Biden was young, the Sixties were in full swing and the voices you mention were already pretty loud. They didn't have overwhelming results yet, but the path towards them was already being very visibly trod. What you describe was an even earlier world - and we do not have that many centenarians in positions of power. Queen Elizabeth is pretty much the only important head of state to be still surviving from that period.