A huge percentage of polio cases were caused by the 'vaccine'. But in general, that period was peak civilization. Stuff was cheap, and a basic job could finance a whole family.

When I got back from the army, I bought a race car for $3K, and filled the tank with (IIRC) 30 cent gas. 1970 & 1/2 Z-28, bored out 40 over, B&B, and all the other goodies, for the curious. My AR-15 cost around $400, and ammo was eye-poppingly cheap compared to today.

There were no cell phones or computers! People went outside, and told their kids to just be home by dark. I hadn't seen a nigger until I was in the army. California was a conservative state. Your drivers license had your name typed on the card, along with your eye and hair color, your height and weight, and your address. 'Homeless' were just called bums or hobos, and it was a lifestyle they chose.

With all information coming from newspapers, television, and radio, most people hadn't yet realized how fucked up our species is. Overpopulation was just becoming a topic, but it wasn't really a concern for us. Oops.

If you missed that period, there's probably no way to understand the gestalt of the culture, and general sense of being. You weren't tracked electronically, financially, or otherwise. Life wasn't perfect, but we hadn't yet fallen into the hellishness of current reality.

Oh, and I did get to do the "duck and cover" exercises in school, where we would crouch under our desks to practice for nuke war. (I don't think that would have worked.)