In the 60s things were pretty awesome. Gas, cars, housing and tuition were all way cheaper. Minimum wage was about $20/hr in inflation adjusted dollars. Labour unions were strong, there was a labour shortage. You could show up in a new city with $20 in your pocket and have a decent job and a place to live by the end of the week. A high school education was enough to for one person to comfortably raise a family of 4. Obesity rates were 1/4 what they are today. Life was so fucking easy the hippies happened, because you could literally just drop out and everything would be okay.

China, who asks not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country has lifted 650 million people out of extreme poverty in the last quarter century and raised the average wage 5x. America is in far too much a state of clusterfuck to be criticizing China for any reason, they've got their shit together and we need to go to rehab. Take the reigns, China, you guys are the global superpower now, your nation is run by engineers and ours is run by a demagogue and various special interest groups.