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18. I was just talking to my wife about this. In the late 60s and early 70s we were incredibly optimistic about the future.

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:05 PM

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I don't mean about jobs, but about making life better for everyone, eliminating disease and reducing poverty.

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I remember being elated when Carter was elected. perfessor Yesterday #1

Carter barely won dsc Yesterday #9

I have NEVER felt such excitement! young_at_heart Yesterday #2

Always a relief... lame54 Yesterday #3

I'm still bewildered by 2016 newdeal2 Yesterday #5

It was a triumph of Conservative Media's brainwashing program maxsolomon Yesterday #12

I'd say that Russian misinformation all over social media was tampering groundloop Yesterday #15

James Comey. SergeStorms Yesterday #21

I was happy then MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6

Wild isn't the word I'd use. progressoid Yesterday #7

+1 leftstreet Yesterday #11

Try tampered with. Russia Russia Russia. Amaryllis Yesterday #14

Obama 1/09 on Bush Corruption/War Crimes displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #27

The Age of Aquarius BidenRocks Yesterday #8

If you're roughly my age BaronChocula Yesterday #10

65 here and it all seems reversed to before I was born. nilram Yesterday #16

I was optimistic in the 1970's and early 1980's OC375 Yesterday #17

My Reflection modrepub Yesterday #19

And the Republican senators refused to BootinUp Yesterday #20

Mitch again. BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #23

He articulated pattyloutwo 23 hrs ago #22

My optimism when Obama was elected was boundless--briefly DFW 13 hrs ago #25

Rush. Beck2 13 hrs ago #26

Obama was elected the year my daughter was born ybbor 4 hrs ago #28

We were hopeful because we thought there would be real, progressive change. BlueTsunami2018 3 hrs ago #29