Comments by "No Fate But What We Make" (@SonoftheAllfather) on "Moral Panic!: Calgary Police Say Heavy Music a Sign of Nazism in Children" video.

  1. The 1950s may not have been all Leave it to Beaver, but to say the U.S. was not a safer and more decent place to live back then is a complete lie.
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  2. Matthew Henry crime was significantly less prevalent and the relative average income was higher, larger middle class, higher rate of nuclear family integrity, more community involvement, better schools. You're trippin'.
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  3. You made no valid arguments at all, Matthew.  You based your entire evaluation of the educational system in the 1950s upon the "duck and cover nonsense?" Sound reasoning there. By the way...the Red Scare was not some paranoid delusional phenomenon, it was based upon some fairly undeniable realities at the time. McCarthy was also vindicated by the Verona Project. Read the book "Blacklisted By History" if you're interested in that...but I digress... Crime during the 1950s:   Was significantly lower in total, even when taking into consideration the infrequency of reporting, crime definitions, etc. I even used the stats from the end of the 50s, just to be fair:  *United States Population and Rate of Crime per 100,000 People in 1960: -Total Crime:  1,887.2  -Violent Crime: 160.9 -Property Crime: 1,726.3  -Rape: 9.6 -Robbery: 60.1 -Aggravated Assault: 86.1  *United States Population and Rate of Crime per 100,000 People in 2015: -Total Crime:  2,870.2 -Violent Crime: 383.2 -Property Crime: 2,487.0 -Rape: 28.1 -Robbery: 101.9 -Aggravated Assault: 237.8 The only two major categories that are less today than in 1960 are: Murder:  5.1 per 100,000 in 1960, 4.9 per 100,000 in 2015 Burglary: 508.6 per 100,000 in 1960, 491.4 per 100,000 in 2015 This is normally attributed to security measures i.e. cameras, home security systems, faster police responses, better crimefighting capabilities.  Education during the 1950s: *the US had the best educational system in the world  *there were hardly any school shootings *90% of all school levies were approved by voters *discipline problems in school were minor *Drugs did not infest American schools  Family during the 1950s: *Divorce rates were low, while marriage rates were high and people married at a younger age than at any other time in history *Only 4% of all babies were born out-of-wedlock, compared to 40% today *90% of all children grew up with married parents *Americans viewed the home and the family to be most important thing in society *The White birth rate was extremely high, women were having almost 4 children on average Economy during the 1950s: *cost of living was low *the GDP grew by 250% from 1950-1960 *average incomes tripled *the housing market boomed *developers were building 1.5 million homes per year *Home ownership rates exploded *60% of Americans were in the middle class category *Poverty rates were less than 20% *Consumer spending doubled in the 1950s *families were able to live comfortably on only one income If you consider patriotism, law and order, anti-communism, and societal stigma surrounding degeneracy and treason to be government control and police state mentality, then yeah, the 50's were horrible for someone like you. I think you made a very weak argument all in all, though.
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