Our Footsteps: The Good Ole Days

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Good Ole Days

Why is it that we live in such a socially progressive culture? Every generation wants to be on the cutting edge, engaging in the newest social experimentation. We push the envelope and then wonder how we got here. We're most of the way down the slippery slope of modern philosophy and then hope our kids turn out different or better than we did. The only problem is that we're hypocrites. How else would you explain our fascination with the 'good ole days'? We are infatuated with antiques. Our automakers produce Mustangs, Challengers and Chargers that look like a muscle car out of the 60's. Clothing styles from 20 or 30 years ago always come back into style. We laugh at every rerun episode of 'I Love Lucy' and 'Happy Days'. Why? Because those were the 'happy days', weren't they? Back then, things were simpler, easier, more innocent. Back then, people weren't involved in the things they are today. Back then, social influences were more wholesome. Back then, there wasn't all this psychological engineering and social manipulation mumbo jumbo. Our biggest economic crisis was whether we had 35 cents to buy a pack of baseball cards. Yeah, those were the good ole days.

These will be the good ole days someday. If our progressive culture keeps progressing like it is, yes... we will long for the days we live in now. Isn't that a sad state of affairs?

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