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Why do some people want to go back to the 1950’s? (lemmings.world)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Could not agree more. I'm a democratic socialist. I firmly believe that the ideas of that ideology, properly implemented, can drastically improve the standard of living for a huge percentage of the population.

I live in a country where our democratic socialist party is fantastically corrupt, lazy and completely bereft of any motivation to do anything that doesn't directly benefit themselves. Consequently, I don't support them. Results over ideology is an important mantra no matter what you believe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

All socialism is democratic, "democratic socialism" normally refers to reformist socialism. The corruption, in that case, makes sense, as reformism is usually conceding to the status quo.