Question for those who dislike traditional things...

[Likely Voter]

Why are the ways of two generations ago "traditional". The 50s/60s were as different than the 20s/30s as they are to today. I really don't understand the mythologizing of "the good old days", even when just looking at pop culture.

Traditions change to reflect the cultureof the era. Lets face it, the mythologizing of the good old days seems to be a desire to get back to the time when the straight protestant white male reigned supreme, and that was reflected in the pop culture as well.

So when someone says they like "traditional" things, it always sounds to me like they dont like others to be seen or have voice in our culture.

[Free Palestine]

I dislike many aspects of modern western culture/society.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Yes. Film-making is at a level not seen since the 70s and television was been reinvented for the better in the past decade, turning out some of the greatest television shows of all time ("The Sopranos," "Mad Men").

Clearly there is some influence from the past but that is always the case.

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[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Sometimes I wish I could be transported to 1968...I would get to watch the greatest election in our history transpire, then the Music gets good (The Band, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and the like), and I will be just old enough to vote in 76 for Reagan. The downside is I would probably get shipped off to 'Nam.