I was born in 86, and my parents divorced in 92 (which for me was the first step down in quality of life, and I've seen a few other people throughout the years remark on 92/93 being a step down). From there on things really seemed to deteriorate. I know a lot of people point to the dot.com crash and 9/11 as major markers, but I think 2008 had a bigger impact of the socioeconomic climate then anything. I feel like I have been living my life of pause since 08, like a sort of safe mode.
What about the rest of you, especially you older folks that have been around longer? Was there a before and after year? Or years where there was a progressive and noticeable step down?
For my lifetime, it was a few years into Bush senior’s presidency and not too long after Desert Storm. I was active duty During that time and they started making massive cuts in the number of ships, bases, and armament we had to work with. Also, they started pushing a bunch of other questionable actions like agenda 21, “don’t ask don’t tell”, and UN initiatives over American policies. That was 30 years ago when I was much younger and wasn’t into politics but one couldn’t help but sense something was amiss after having gone thru 8 years of Reagan and his America first style.
Remember the movie WWZ I kept getting pulled out of the movie when they kept talking about the President of the UN????? WTF who gives a shit about the UN. Then how the US military only cared about families who were important militarily. And would threaten to put people off the ships. Who made this movie.