Well I would have to disagree with Pixelfixed to a degree. I don't think that "golden age" ever actually existed. Society and people (me included) have a tendancy to look back and forget the bad aspects and remember the good. That period of time is very often thought of as a golden age in the USA. We had just fought the biggest war in history and won, we were the top producers of goods in the world and our word was pretty much law. However, on the other hand you had hundreds of thousands of veterans returning home trying thier damdest to be "normal" and have a "normal" life. I don't think anyone here can say that someone who served years in the miltary watching most of his friends die around him and killing anyone trying to do the same to him or his friends isn't going to be have a huge PTSD issue when they got home.

People complian about the 60s and 70s and how the lack of morals has led the USA (and the rest of the world to an extent) down a wicked road. While it should not be entirely to blame, the households / families that were established in the 40s are the ones who raised the "trouble makers" in the 60s and 70s.