Post by ant-mac on Sept 22, 2018 11:43:31 GMT
In general terms you might be right, but I wouldn't assume they were all the same.
Dad was working class, but he seemed to take a certain pride in owning the best car in the entire street, sometimes the entire town. He and Mum were both enrolled nurses. He'd be up before 0500 hours every morning, whether he was working or not. If Mum was on an early, he'd be up to make her breakfast and warm the car up while she showered. If they were both on an early, when they got home in the afternoon, Mum would take a nap, but Dad would go out and see what yard work needed to be done. At night, unless he was on a late or there was a specific reason to stay up, he was often in bed by 2100 hours. And I doubt you would've met many people quite as savvy as he was. He had an ability to "read" people - or situations - that often unsettled Mum.
I knew him and what he was like. I just didn't know him during the period you described. I also know the period you described through watching countless documentaries and such, but by then, Dad was already dead. So I was never able to fully combine both sides of that equation.
I feel left and right values may have a different dynamic today, as to what they did say over 40yrs ago. What people thought was right and what they fought for and worked hard for then, now has a different outlook. PC values are very much different today and that can determine ones politics. Those that may have been from your Dad's era and were left wing supporters, may very well be right wing based on what they see today.
Whenever I notice that phenomenon, it seems to be most apparent in the world of politics. Although I might occasionally notice something in general society.
For example, I've heard more than one TV hosts and political commentators say that Ronald Reagan or George HW Bush would now be considered too left-wing to gain a nomination in the Republican party. It seems that there's been quite a swing to the right within the Republican party.
Meanwhile, in the mid to late 1970s, wave after wave of Vietnamese refugees made their way south to Australia on little wooden boats, escaping from the aftermath of the Vietnam war. The right-wing Prime Minister at the time worked in conjunction with the left-wing Opposition Leader to put out the welcome mat for them. These days, anyone who shows up on a wooden boat gets locked up in a prison camp on a little Pacific island and told they'll never ever set foot on Australia.
Times change and people change along with it. And not always for the best...