The 90s Were the Peak. And It’s Not Just Nostalgia.

Everybody has their opinions, but the general consensus is that America — maybe all of the West — peaked in the 90s. And I know it’s not just nostalgia because of one thing: multiple generations all point to the same decade.
It’s not just millennials like me who grew up in it saying it was the best. Baby boomers talk about it as a golden age. Gen X points to it. When three different generations who experienced it at completely different stages of life all agree that one decade was the high point, that tells you something real. The economy was doing better than it is today. Racial tensions and cultural divisions were largely over the hump — not that those issues didn’t exist, but people were having fun. There was an optimism that’s hard to explain to someone who didn’t live through it.
You could maybe make a case for the latter half of the 80s. But as a full decade, the 90s stand alone. If you lived through them at any age, you probably agree. And if you didn’t — this is what you missed.