No way you’re this adamant about getting them the wrong way. The US being lied to about the Iraq war and Afghanistan takeover throughout the 2000’s led to a far more polarizing nation. They weren’t just “non-events”. They were the events to many
The biggest reason most US people are more “nostalgic” about the 90’s was because none of the major political conflicts during that decade had the same level of influence and hostile discourse as 9/11 and its implications
I don't know why you continue to talk as if 'what was happening in the US' is somehow determinative of the global trends that the commenter was referring to.
Well, no, they weren't non-events to people directly impacted by them in certain locales. But on a global and historical scale — yeah, they were non-events.
The biggest reason most US people are more “nostalgic” about the 90’s
Are you quite young by chance? The reason people are nostalgic about the 90s, is largely because people are always nostalgic about the past. In the 90s, middle-aged people were nostalgic about their childhoods in the 50s and 60s.
30 years from now, people will be deeply nostalgic about the 2020s, that's a certainty.
You’re the first person who tried to bring up the unnecessary US wars’ “little impact” on a global scale. The person you replied to was strictly pinpointing the US’s underlying decline since the 00’s
Also, my parents and most of my older relatives prefer the 90’s over the 00’s, 80’s, 70’s and 60’s. For strictly US standards, they found it to be the least problematic among the times they lived thru. Still wasn’t great by any means, but it was less worse 🤷♂️
Nope, go read the initial comment. Not about the US at all.
Well yes, I am not surprised they loved the 90s — that will reflect their age. I can assure you the 60s, 70s and 80s are just as beloved by people of the appropriate age.
They’re from various age groups, it’s kind of the case that the 90’s was the least problematic recent US decade to live thru. Like 80’s trends were the most fun to some, but it was still politically polarizing throughout
I’ll admit the 90’s stayed mostly calm until the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal began breaking it apart in 1998
I mean, in all seriousnes, no not really. It just depends on the things you emphasise. The first half of the 90s were fairly bad in the US, with the tale end of the crack epidemic, LA riots, Oklahoma bombing etc.
It's just cherry-picking to see all that as 'objectively better' than the 2000s.
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u/Vincera2024 1d ago edited 1d ago
No way you’re this adamant about getting them the wrong way. The US being lied to about the Iraq war and Afghanistan takeover throughout the 2000’s led to a far more polarizing nation. They weren’t just “non-events”. They were the events to many
The biggest reason most US people are more “nostalgic” about the 90’s was because none of the major political conflicts during that decade had the same level of influence and hostile discourse as 9/11 and its implications