You ARE going around in circles. If you're going to say there's a decline in morality, then you need to quantify it before we can have a discussion.
In the not so distant past, it was perfectly acceptable to kill another man in a duel over "honor". Nowadays we frown on that. Murder rates are down. Whether or not drug use is up or down is entirely dependent on which news channel you're watching.
As for wholesomeness - please go back and watch movies from the 50's or 60's with a new eye. Mad Men is a pretty excellent portrayal of the reality of that "wholesomeness." Just watching "Bell Book and Candle" the other day reminded me of the rampant drinking going on. And while it was never implicitly said, sex was quite pervasive throughout the movie. The 50's were uptight, but they were NOT the way they were portrayed in the Leave It to Beaver series. The KKK existed. People were still greedy. People still had sex outside of marriage or before it. It was no worse or better than the uptight period before it - the Victorians, who basically refined the art of pornography and allowed child prostitution to run amuck.
Please explain exactly what you think society has lost in the last 60 years before making such a generalization.
In the not so distant past, it was perfectly acceptable to kill another man in a duel over "honor". Nowadays we frown on that. Murder rates are down. Whether or not drug use is up or down is entirely dependent on which news channel you're watching.
As for wholesomeness - please go back and watch movies from the 50's or 60's with a new eye. Mad Men is a pretty excellent portrayal of the reality of that "wholesomeness." Just watching "Bell Book and Candle" the other day reminded me of the rampant drinking going on. And while it was never implicitly said, sex was quite pervasive throughout the movie. The 50's were uptight, but they were NOT the way they were portrayed in the Leave It to Beaver series. The KKK existed. People were still greedy. People still had sex outside of marriage or before it. It was no worse or better than the uptight period before it - the Victorians, who basically refined the art of pornography and allowed child prostitution to run amuck.
Please explain exactly what you think society has lost in the last 60 years before making such a generalization.
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