Re: Post War Britain Circa 2013
Things change Mindbender; many things are much better than they were when we were young. My standard of living is so much higher than that of my parents and the same would apply to most of us I imagine. Who would have heard of a teenager taking a year off to travel the world in our day. Many nasty diseases almost eliminated and life threatening conditions which can now be rectified. In spite of all the changes I think that life is so much better today than 70 years ago.Re: Post War Britain Circa 2013
However good things are there is nothing to be gained by ignoring the bad aspects. Change is easy, improvement is difficult. There are lots of undesirable aspects of modern society that are much worse than in the past and shouldn't be ignored just because some things are better. It's good to be "positive" and optimistic but it sometimes saves people from addressing the problems.Re: Post War Britain Circa 2013
I would disagree with some of your points JW - OZ still has thriving industries - coal; uranium;diamonds; iron ore; cattle and sheep. It also has a pretty good health service too in most places and I think the OZ home grown hospitality industry does quite well too.Re: Post War Britain Circa 2013
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