How amazing America was between WWII and the Moon Landing one would have to write a new version of America the Beautiful to tell. Moral and technological triumph in war and peace, freedom and equality for more and more people, a country prospering while raising a generation that would not know strife—no Great Depression, no World War—except in welcome forms, endeavoring to conquer space.
Obviously, this is not how things turned out, paradise did not descend to earth. Progress stalled or went in reverse, everything from political assassinations to race riots shocked Americans out of their preternatural confidence, and we have been living with domestic conflicts ever since, with few moments of unity in face of common enemies.
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