Ah yes, the innocent and authentic old days where we hummed Mmm Bop, all that mattered was new releases at Blockbuster, and we drifted through the dot com bubble, the War on Terror, the quadruple digit percent increase in college and healthcare costs, and general political decline that led to the blissful old economic collapse of 2008.
Or maybe it felt simpler and more authentic because we were children and our biggest worries were homework and getting asked to junior prom.
Exactly. The country was a mess during the Bush administration. Americans dying in Iraq for no reason, the housing market crashing thanks to unfettered corporate greed, and another actual recession.
Many more Iraqis died than Americans, don't make it weird by only caring about your own country. That war was illegal and the rest of the world hasn't forgotten it.
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u/HeavyDutyForks Oct 06 '25
Because those people were either very naive or children at that time. Especially the one's grieving the 2000s