2021-11-24T15:05:03Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/1960-and-the-culture-of-mediocrityComments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/1960-and-the-culture-of-mediocritytag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1046/3821Comment #38212021-11-24T15:05:03ZGrace Kone<p>It may have been the euphoria of the post-WWII period. We won; no more wars; families together again - women back in the home where they belonged! There was a contented glow that lasted all the way until the "flower children" rebelled in the 60s. And a few wise men, particularly in the Science and Science Fiction communities saw the golden glow for the dream it was, a passing phase that would inevitably crash and burn as the world returned to something closer to a reality where life wasn't perfect.</p>