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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 4, 2018 17:07:23 GMT -5
We bang on about the best decade quite a bit (90s, obviously). But what about the worst decade since WWII? Of course, almost all of us haven't lived through the vast majority of the listed decades, but we do have history as our guidance.
My vote goes to the 1970s. Between the Nixon and Carter administrations, it just seemed like an incredibly rough decade.
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Post by funhouse on Aug 4, 2018 17:17:28 GMT -5
As everything gets slightly better for each decade(however weird that may sound), it's probably got to be the 50's. But since that would be the easy answer, I'll go with the 80's instead. Thatcher, Reagan and drum machines, guess that pretty much sums it up.
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Post by glider on Aug 4, 2018 18:35:48 GMT -5
Based on the geopolitical climate of the times, the 60s and 70s are neck and neck.
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Post by The Escapist on Aug 5, 2018 6:16:38 GMT -5
They've all got their fair share of problems, from the missile crisis to neo-liberalism to climate change. However the 80s also had hair-metal so there's my vote sorted.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 5, 2018 13:08:13 GMT -5
I'm surprised by the 1980s getting so many votes.
I guess this forum being Eurocentric, the hate for Thatcher is palpable. I don't think the Democrats in the US hate(d) Reagan to anywhere close to the extent Labour in the UK hates Thatcher.
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Post by funhouse on Aug 5, 2018 13:38:59 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left!
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Post by oasisserbia on Aug 5, 2018 14:23:13 GMT -5
Worst decade where?
90s for me. War in Croatia, war in Bosnia, war in Kosovo, NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Inflation, sanctions, poverty...
But I'm sure it was great to live in London. It's really hard to answer.
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Post by crisppacket on Aug 5, 2018 16:32:25 GMT -5
The 2000s gave us Liam’s red leather jacket and probably all in the mind .........................................a truly fucked up era
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Post by Flashbax on Aug 5, 2018 17:04:43 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left! I really can't see why the Arab spring was 'nice'. And I don't understand why you think it was nice, since all the negative things about the 10's in your opinion are direct results from the Arab spring. |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 5, 2018 17:23:09 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left! We're actually safer than any time our history: www.ijpr.org/post/world-actually-safer-ever-and-heres-data-proveAnd technology is incredible. So I'm not quite sure how people are voting the '10s. Have people really forgotten about all the proxy wars under the Cold War? The brink of nuclear disaster with the Cuban Missile crisis? The rampant racism and sexism of the 1950s, and the domestic unrest of the 1960s? Or the stagnation, energy crisis and general malaise of the 1970s? I guess because we never lived under those decades, it's hard to relate so fair enough, I suppose. |
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Post by The Escapist on Aug 5, 2018 18:49:35 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left! We're actually safer than any time our history: www.ijpr.org/post/world-actually-safer-ever-and-heres-data-proveAnd technology is incredible. So I'm not quite sure how people are voting the '10s. Have people really forgotten about all the proxy wars under the Cold War? The brink of nuclear disaster with the Cuban Missile crisis? The rampant racism and sexism of the 1950s, and the domestic unrest of the 1960s? Or the stagnation, energy crisis and general malaise of the 1970s? I guess because we never lived under those decades, it's hard to relate so fair enough, I suppose. Only the missile crisis truly threatened the human race in the way that both climate change and nuclear weapons are doing now, though. Also 2010+ has the Trump card. |
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Post by Manualex on Aug 5, 2018 19:54:55 GMT -5
Who wants to live in a country with tons hyperinflation and lack of job in the diploma you just graduated... a country that used to be filled with eastern europeans immgrants and other southamerican nations as well. Well, now everyone is trying to get away so I suppose its a bad 'decade' to live in here. Unless you are related to the goverment, that's it.
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Post by jordan71421 on Aug 5, 2018 20:35:49 GMT -5
Who wants to live in a country with tons hyperinflation and lack of job in the diploma you just graduated... a country that used to be filled with eastern europeans immgrants and other southamerican nations as well. Well, now everyone is trying to get away so I suppose its a bad 'decade' to live in here. Unless you are related to the goverment, that's it. Depends on what your degree is in. If you have a fine arts degree, don’t be surprised if jobs aren’t being thrown at you. Just an example |
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Post by Manualex on Aug 5, 2018 20:46:43 GMT -5
Who wants to live in a country with tons hyperinflation and lack of job in the diploma you just graduated... a country that used to be filled with eastern europeans immgrants and other southamerican nations as well. Well, now everyone is trying to get away so I suppose its a bad 'decade' to live in here. Unless you are related to the goverment, that's it. Depends on what your degree is in. If you have a fine arts degree, don’t be surprised if jobs aren’t being thrown at you. Just an example I am a major in Human Resources, but companies(or whatever are left in here) want people with experience. How do I get the experience if they aren't hiring?   Or want me to be in a register of the goverment and I'd rather sell my soul to the devil on a crossroad than do that.  |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 5, 2018 21:45:06 GMT -5
Who wants to live in a country with tons hyperinflation and lack of job in the diploma you just graduated... a country that used to be filled with eastern europeans immgrants and other southamerican nations as well. Well, now everyone is trying to get away so I suppose its a bad 'decade' to live in here. Unless you are related to the goverment, that's it. Depends on what your degree is in. If you have a fine arts degree, don’t be surprised if jobs aren’t being thrown at you. Just an example My degree was in Political Science, with a minor in History. I actually don’t think it matters what your major was in, really. And your GPA isn’t relevant unless you decide to go to grad school or law school after undergrad. And both your major and GPA most certainly don’t matter after you land your first job. |
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Post by shannee on Aug 5, 2018 22:19:36 GMT -5
I feel we’ve rolled seriously back as a society here in the US. With Trump, rampant open rasicm, sexism, bigotry, and general hate mongering, this decade takes the cake. I never thought we’d see the day were fucking Nazis were making a comeback and Republicans were singing the praises of Russia. Absolute madness
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Post by funhouse on Aug 6, 2018 3:13:21 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left! I really can't see why the Arab spring was 'nice'. And I don't understand why you think it was nice, since all the negative things about the 10's in your opinion are direct results from the Arab spring. I meant that it seemed like a "nice" thing at first(promising would be a better world), but as I mentioned all the bad things followed instead. |
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Post by funhouse on Aug 6, 2018 3:23:35 GMT -5
The 10's aren't doing well in this poll, but it may be even more negatively viewed in the future. It started nice with the Arab spring, but the old regimes got substituted by new ones, and then ISIS came along, a following refugee crisis, as well as far right parties/movements gaining momentum (mostly) in Europe. But hey, less than 1,5 years left! We're actually safer than any time our history: www.ijpr.org/post/world-actually-safer-ever-and-heres-data-proveAnd technology is incredible. So I'm not quite sure how people are voting the '10s. Have people really forgotten about all the proxy wars under the Cold War? The brink of nuclear disaster with the Cuban Missile crisis? The rampant racism and sexism of the 1950s, and the domestic unrest of the 1960s? Or the stagnation, energy crisis and general malaise of the 1970s? I guess because we never lived under those decades, it's hard to relate so fair enough, I suppose. I mentioned that point in an earlier post, arguing that the factually most correct thing would probably be to vote for the 50's by default, since it's the oldest decade on the list. But like you said we didn't live back then and then it's harder to put it in perspective. As for the present being so panned it probably has to do with people expecting more nowadays, with all technological advancements and all, it is harder to accept things that are fucked up. |
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Post by jordan71421 on Aug 6, 2018 7:32:00 GMT -5
I swear to god, if anyone lives in the US/UK and says that this decade is the worst to live in, you have no idea how bad previous decades used to be. I’m 24 and I know how lucky I am to be alive right now.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 6, 2018 12:43:27 GMT -5
I swear to god, if anyone lives in the US/UK and says that this decade is the worst to live in, you have no idea how bad previous decades used to be. I’m 24 and I know how lucky I am to be alive right now. Maybe other people are taking a broader view rather than only considering there own wellbeing. |
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Post by jordan71421 on Aug 6, 2018 12:57:09 GMT -5
I swear to god, if anyone lives in the US/UK and says that this decade is the worst to live in, you have no idea how bad previous decades used to be. I’m 24 and I know how lucky I am to be alive right now. Maybe other people are taking a broader view rather than only considering there own wellbeing. You clearly saw that I prefaced it by saying the US/UK. There are still dictatorships and communist/socialist countries that oppress their people today. Women have no rights in countries these other countries. Which makes the hysterical nature of the reactionary “oppressed” people in places like the US and UK all the more pathetic |
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 6, 2018 13:03:39 GMT -5
Maybe other people are taking a broader view rather than only considering there own wellbeing. You clearly saw that I prefaced it by saying the US/UK. There are still dictatorships and communist/socialist countries that oppress their people today. Women have no rights in countries these other countries. Which makes the hysterical nature of the reactionary “oppressed” people in places like the US and UK all the more pathetic Racism, sexism and prejudice are all still here in the UK as they are in the US, the gap between rich and poor is greater, we have wrecked our home planet, humanities total lack of evolution etc. Taking the world as whole I don't think there is anything wrong with suggesting that things are currently worse than they have been before. |
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Post by jordan71421 on Aug 6, 2018 13:21:53 GMT -5
You clearly saw that I prefaced it by saying the US/UK. There are still dictatorships and communist/socialist countries that oppress their people today. Women have no rights in countries these other countries. Which makes the hysterical nature of the reactionary “oppressed” people in places like the US and UK all the more pathetic Racism, sexism and prejudice are all still here in the UK as they are in the US, the gap between rich and poor is greater, we have wrecked our home planet, humanities total lack of evolution etc. Taking the world as whole I don't think there is anything wrong with suggesting that things are currently worse than they have been before. Do you not agree that issues pertaining to racism, sexism, etc have improved over previous decades? Of course they are still around, but the issue now is that people also used it as an excuse to explain their social/economic issues. |
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 6, 2018 14:54:52 GMT -5
Racism, sexism and prejudice are all still here in the UK as they are in the US, the gap between rich and poor is greater, we have wrecked our home planet, humanities total lack of evolution etc. Taking the world as whole I don't think there is anything wrong with suggesting that things are currently worse than they have been before. Do you not agree that issues pertaining to racism, sexism, etc have improved over previous decades? Of course they are still around, but the issue now is that people also used it as an excuse to explain their social/economic issues. No the issue is that they still exist. Women often get paid less than men, people of ethnic minorities are at social disadvantage. Yout think it is their fault for pointing this out? www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/18/16307782/study-racism-jobs |
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Post by jordan71421 on Aug 6, 2018 14:57:48 GMT -5
Do you not agree that issues pertaining to racism, sexism, etc have improved over previous decades? Of course they are still around, but the issue now is that people also used it as an excuse to explain their social/economic issues. No the issue is that they still exist. Women often get paid less than men, people of ethnic minorities are at social disadvantage. Yout think it is their fault for pointing this out? www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/18/16307782/study-racism-jobsThe wage gap has been proven to be false time and time again, yet it’s still used as a talking point for women’s rights. They conveniently leave out geographical and biological reasons why women gravitate towards particular jobs. |
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