ss55 said: (quoted from post at 19:06:01 01/11/14) In the late 1920's the young people were criticized for their jazz music, for their dancing, for the clothes the flappers wore, for breaking the law to drink alcohol, for making out in cars, etc., etc., etc. They went on to fight WW2 and now they are referred to as "the greatest generation".
Whoa there Hoss. A tiny percentage of the youth if the teens and 20's were taking part in all you list. Most, like 80% of the nation, lived out in rural areas where there were no night clubs and flappers and Cotton Club type stuff. You're making an inaccurate assessment based on movies of the 20's. The fact is the "Greatest Generation" didn't win WW2 because of the Roaring 20's, but because of the Dirty 30's which taught them to buckle down and do the job or starve.
And just for the record, read up on WW2 a bit more and find out some of the garbage some of that generation did- like work slow downs and strikes on gov't contracts, like unions screwing the jobs up until they got what they wanted or profiteering by some businesses, communists working as much against the US as the Nazis, or look into the aftermath of WW2 and see what the avant garde Brain Trust of the 30's were doing post WW2, where they worked against the US. They were the Greatest Generation, yes, but they had plenty of bad apples.
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 05:15:13 01/12/14.
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