I remember in the 20th century when...

[JohnnyRingo]

...Government was transparent and personal lives were private.

I remember when social programs fed the poor and gave them medical care, instead of shovelling cash to mega corporations.

I remember when a president would be impeached for even the slightest infractions of the law.

There was a time in the last century when America was a respected and admired partner of world peace.

I just hope I don't have to nostalgically tell these stories to my grandchildren someday. I'm afraid they'll think I'm making it up.

[sui generis]

1. It all starts in grade school and high school

If you aren't teaching science, evolution, social studies, civics, and other liberal "humanities"; if you aren't teaching kids to be curious about the world and to think critically about everything they hear and see, then this is what you get when they grow up.

Authoritarian Reaganite Neocons who believe the "whopper" is a vital and necessary tool of government, who believe that people come in two classes: monetary privilege, and all the rest.

[politicaholic]

2. Remember when there was a list of communists?

And most of them were...SHOCK!...artists, actors, philosophers, and liberals? And they were accused of giving comfort to the enemy?

Remember when there were a few major American families that donated funds to the enemy (otherwise known as the Nazis) and were stripped of their fortunes by the treasury department just to be propped back up by prominant Republicans? What was their name again?...uhhh...Prescott Bush rings a bell.

Do you remember when large corporations would send mobs to break up labor movements? They really hated them...like now!

Ahh those were the days.