Comments by "Im Caj" (@KratostheThird) on "What Makes a REAL Man According to a 1950s Cabbie?" video.

There are very few of these people left sadly. You listen to stuff like this from the 'Greatest Generation' (World War 2 generation, Frank Sinatra generation) and the 'Silent Generation'. They just seemed so much more honest, down to earth and grateful just for the things they have. As a middle Millennial we have basically become the victims of horrible stereotypes. It's so easy to pinpoint us as being narcissist and self loathing. There was none of that with Melvin. He was a regular guy trying to make a living back in the 1950s. And don't get me started on Zoomers.
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@victora.1329 I feel you are in the same ballpark age as me. I'm in my mid 30s. Born in the 1980s, grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s. Our society was already becoming politicized back in the 2000s. Even during that time's more radical, intense moments, they felt like nothing compared to now. We now have a new generation of young adults in their late teens, early 20s who are fully buying into the bigotry and are thus so politically charged it is becoming more difficult for me to engage in a conversation with them. Just because you don't agree with someone else, doesn't mean you get to silence them. That is a Communist, Fascist type of thinking. And this is the direction our society has been taking. I have been canceled by both the Left and the Right. I find myself without a side these days. As a Centrist, I'm not wanted by either party.
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So would you say these problems that plague America today started back in the 1980s and 1990s? Most older people who are your age and older blame the 1980s for the problems we have now. Depending on who you ask, they say that we're still paying for those mistakes made during the Reagan era.
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@Shadows_Inc This is where you lose me. This sounds like a group of elderly people were saying that everything was better in 1950s America. I'm not trying to discredit them especially if they had to endure hardships back then. I agree that times were more simple. My childhood in the 80s and 90s, and arguably adult life of that time, was more simple than it is now. I refuse to accept that life was as great as these people said it was of that time.
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@jussayinnit Calm down dude. You’re just responding to everyone here that doesn’t side with your own view of things.
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@yourlocalyoutubecommenter5490 You had Elvis Presley, The Beatles, I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver, Gunsmoke, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Jim Morrison, JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, etc etc. It was the gateway from the Post War Era to Contemporary Times. You guys had some truly based content. That time will never happen again. American culture is a joke at this point. TikTok trends, Instagram models... and none of it is organic, let alone real. You guys experienced the best of American culture back then. Probably why so many people are nostalgic for it.
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@jussayinnit Big deal. You're being arrogant and condescending for no good reason. Just back away from this conversation before you start picking fights with random people on the internet.
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@SharkAlien66 I already hinted this to this person. I doubt she'll bother reading or responding to either of our comments.
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@blobgooll9395 Country has been downhill since the 90s.
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@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 That’s true, but why market and paint an entire generation with stereotypes? Right now the Zoomers are getting bombarded by every angle, just like we were labeled as spoiled, selfish and narcissistic.
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@andrew2469 Hopefully I will be dead and gone before then.
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@AmbassadorKat Hopefully your uncle hasn't gone insane from the influx of social media, clout chasing, and Joe Biden era of extreme inflation.
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@NightWear21 It was the same for me. I’m completely fed up with the race card at this point. It’s just a propaganda tool used by the Far Left to get their way. I don’t like the conservatives either, but where I live right now, at least they’re not plastering LGBTQ flags everywhere.
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@nielsklarenberg5871 Because they’re probably people that treated minorities poorly, likely because their parents were the same. Racism is still prevalent, and I’ve seen it first hand.
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@cheycheyfriend247 The guy is being angry. I'm not wasting my time with these people if they're just going to double down on everything. He just looked at two videos I posted regarding DOOM and then said my focus is gaming. Then he outright judged another person as having a dummy account with only 15 subscribers. Joseph is not humble, he's arrogant. And I'm done with losers like him.
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@cheycheyfriend247 Sure, he has a few. But how do we know if he is or isn't a member of a radical political movement? He's putting on this act by playing a temper tantrum like a little child to anybody who does not fall on the same page as him. Sounds like your typical Donald Trump supporter. If not that, then the Proud Boys and Antifa, both radical political movements aiming to shoot down free speech and rights. Joseph already lost me the moment he started talking.
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@shawnryan1313 And it's becoming more commonplace as time moves forward.
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I still think too many people in their 70s, 80s and 90s idolize the 1950s and 1960s as if it were some sort of high point for America. It was a great time to be an American and all that. If you mostly remember the 50s and 60s through 'fake' television shows like I Love Lucy, Leave it To Beaver, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Honeymooners, Father Knows Best, Ozzie & Harriet, Dick Van Dyke, Beverly Hillbillies, etc etc etc, you have no concept of what the 50s and 60s were really like. The 50s had McCarthyism, the Red Scare, and intense events like the Rosa Parks incident. The 60s was defined by the British Invasion, drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, Flower Power, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights Movement, and perhaps most tragically the assassination of JFK. Whenever I hear an old person talk about how great this time period was they are basically looking at it thru rose tinted goggles. I think the thinking behind the 1950s being the 'American Decade' is entirely false. The economy was prosperous and for the average man they could make a good living off of working at a factory or assembly line. Speaking as a Millennial, you ultimately become a product of your time and the environment you were raised in. Melvin was no different.
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@crangismcbasketball8440 America has been in decline for a long time. Jobs becoming more scarce, Millennials and Zoomers respectively having to work two jobs to make ends meet, the list goes on. Still, to say the 1950s and 1960s were awesome and pure is basically looking at that era with rose tinted goggles. What this old guy said back in 1989 deserves respect because he was telling you what was happening. A lot of older Americans still view the 1950s like Leave it to Beaver. A functional middle class family. A kid named Beaver who occasionally gets into hot water. An older brother who is a good role model. A father who brings home the money. A mother who is caring and sincere, complete with 1950s era clothing and aesthetic. A good looking American style home complete with white picket fence. The reality was far more grim than that.
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