Wednesday, May 11, 2016
It's A New Day, A New Dawn, A New Life, And A New World! the 80's
Jeez, the 80's was very, very hectic. At the start of the 80's everyone was extremely gloomy, due to the problems in the 70's and the aftermath of those problems. Like stagflation, or the Vietnam war and those who opposed it. So it was not a good start for the people who lived in the 80's, but it gets worse! President Reagan thinks it's a good idea to reduce funding in welfare programs (to fix the inflation). So he's basically screwing over the poor people and they're already having a tough enough time. They were sorta dependent on those programs... Another fun addition to the gloomy 80's was DRUGS! YES I LOVE EM. Crack cocaine was all the bad effects of cocaine in a cheap parmesan cheese looking block. Gave you a short high and all the addiction with some stronger side effects. It turned addicts into predators because they needed to get their fix or else they'd be in a state of withdrawal, and well, no one wants that... It got so bad that drug dealers were actually admired, because of the wealth and power they obtained among the neighborhoods. Let's get into some business. Corporate raiders were the exact opposite of a man's or should I say business's friend. They'd buy a business to sell off all their products, materials etc for more profit, disregarding the people working there or how much time and effort it took to build up the company; But I mean in business you gotta do what you gotta do. One last big gloomy and extremely scary thing that was focused on was AIDS. A disease that would drop people like flies. Originally no one knew where it came from. Soon it was found out that it most commonly is found among the gay community. Of course the people shunned them for a while. So everyone was on high alert for gays and people who had aids because no one knew how it was contracted, and it would kill you with in a short period of time if you had it so, it was sort of a predator vs. prey scenario. Sadly the 80's had a lot of down sides and gloomy moments, but it'll get better... right?
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Good overview of the 1980s. It does really seems like it was a gloomy and hectic time. At least "Reaganomics" improved the finance industry so I'm sure some people benefited from the decrease in government involvement, although reduced funding for welfare put a lot of people in a bad position.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tara, You give a good overview of the 80's! You give really good insight on every single event which makes this post very pleasant to read! I also love your use of rhetorical devices such as an aggressive tone 9sorry post AP english exam lol) anyways I really like this and I enjoyed reading it!
ReplyDeleteI feel that in most of the situations like these ones, like you put were extremely hectic, especially looking back from a viewpoint from today's society. However, even though there was so much bad to point out, I agree with Tara when she says that there must have been some good to come of Reagan's political changes that effected the economy, otherwise he would not be considered as popular of a president as most think.
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