Post AnIOSGZjxV5dnciX5c by rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #An8uUI8iMuGmBLUE3E by drmambobob@ecoevo.social
       2024-10-18T21:06:21Z
       
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       Everyone goes on about how great the 80s were but I distinctly remember an ever-present sense of dread, like the world was going to end in nuclear war at any time. The 90s on the other hand was the glory days - the cold war had ended and everyone everywhere was prospering - or at least that was the sense I got as someone in his 10s.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnCtRXQ5mGprNlZs5w by llewelly@sauropods.win
       2024-10-20T19:13:28Z
       
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       @drmambobob I definitely remember spending nearly all of the 1980s feeling like the world could end in nuclear war at any time. But on the other hand, I definitely spent a lot more time reading about the nuclear situation than anyone else I knew, child or adult.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnCu3zgr7KmA47kvCq by rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social
       2024-10-20T19:20:26Z
       
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       @drmambobob I spent most of the 1980s working in the US Senate, and I honestly do not remember nuclear Armageddon being much of a topic at all.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnHwDLUGcL2fyMFoZM by drmambobob@ecoevo.social
       2024-10-23T05:38:06Z
       
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       @rlpaulprodn I’m really sorry, I don’t want to start a fight on here but seeing as you said you worked in the senate, I’ve gotta say, this sound’s exactly like the sort of tone deaf thing a politician says. Just because you didn’t talk about it in politics doesn’t mean that’s not what the normal people were feeling at the time. Kids especially are perceptible to cultural atmosphere and are very quick to “read the room”.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnIGmFBs1Ct7f7ZEx6 by rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social
       2024-10-23T09:28:30Z
       
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       @drmambobob This sound’s exactly like the sort of tone deaf thing a person who sees themselves as an “expert” says. Just because you talked about it in the circles you kept doesn’t mean that’s what the normal people were feeling at the time.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnIOSGZjxV5dnciX5c by rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social
       2024-10-23T10:54:30Z
       
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       @drmambobob What I am saying is that among the people I worked with, who principally specialize in the fields of crime & justice, environmental stewardship, disability, rights, and urban planning, that subject did not present itself. Your arrogant dismissal as “politicians” of public servants working in these areas is not at all helpful.