07-12-2019, 11:15 AM
(07-12-2019, 02:10 AM)Benton Wrote: That's the general idea.
Concurred. That's always been the thrust of the slogan.
Quote:Also, there's a focus on some issues today (violence, alcohol abuse, sexual assaults, drug abuse, etc) that weren't really discussed back then. That leads to a misonception that suddenly were more violent, more addicted, more abusive. Truth is, proportionally, were about the same.
Actually, things are much less violent now then they were in the 70's-80's, per capita. Conversely, you are correct that there is a proportion of our population that thinks thing are infinitely worse. This skewed perception is responsible for a far percentage of today's social unrest.