re: #188 oaktree

I think that is one reason the early 50s seems to a sort of conservative dream state. No real economic competition since Japan, Germany, and Europe in general were recovering from WWII and/or the coming down of the Iron Curtain. Republican in the White House (Eisenhower), and a sort of lull in minority politics (though things were brewing, it’s just that the lid appeared to be on the pot.)

And the US was the sole recognized leader in the Free World while we were starting our run as the dominant cultural entity as well.

Yup. The 50s were indeed swell for heterosexual white male landowners.