r/decadeologycirclejerk

Short paragraph about why 2020s is bad including generalizing movies, TV shows, music.

"AAAHHHH HELP, A WHITE PERSON OR MAN SAID SOMETHING SLIGHTLY RUDE OR INSENSITIVE WHAT A MONSTER!"

Why were people like this? What was their problem?

Because something really really big happened around this time period.

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From personal observation, the majority of 2013-borns relate WAY more to a 2007-born than a 2019-born, it's not even funny bro, they might even relate more to 2007 than like 2016.

* The 2060s will be basically a late 20th century decade placed in the 21st century. 

*Basically, the 1860s: a tumultuous period in American history. The 1960s: a tumultuous period in American history. The 2060s: a fun, escapist decade in American history with parties, patriotism, and fun pop culture and media.

*If the 2020s and 2050s are remembered as institutional distrust, culture war burnout, demographic and technological whiplash, endless “everything is a crisis” energy. 

*Then the 2060s being remembered as “Can we please just vibe?”, deliberately uncool sincerity, flashy pop culture, big dumb fun movies, star-making celebrities again, loud patriotism but without apocalyptic stakes parties, festivals, and optimism as rebellion. 

*After nearly half a century of political polarization and digital alienation, American culture in the 2060s shifted sharply toward escapism, national confidence, and mass-appeal entertainment. 

*Every era gets the leader it needs. The 2060s got the leader it wanted: Cora Georgia Coyne (2061 - 2069). She wasn’t just president during the 2060s. She was the 2060s.

*Unlike her grandfather and great-grandfather, she ran as a Democrat campaigning as a “fun liberal” who won’t be uptight about “PC culture and wokeness”. 

*She’d do stuff like dancing awkwardly, but enthusiastically, at a Fourth of July street festival, signing a major infrastructure bill… at a late-night diner, toasting bipartisan senators with non-alcoholic beers at a Super Bowl watch party, and laughing mid-speech as the crowd chants her nickname “Cora Cora”. 

*She’d say, “If people stop enjoying the country, they’ll stop believing in it.” And she meant that. “America works best when we argue less, build more, and remember to have a little damn fun.”

*Critics called her unserious. Supporters called her a breath of fresh air. Historians would later call her… inevitable.

*Famous accomplishments: 

• Major housing reform passed with cross-party support
•  National ‘Three-Day Weekend Act’ signed into law
• Massive investment in public spaces, parks, and walkable cities
• The famous ‘No Screens After Sunset’ campaign events, music instead of phones.

 

* She governed like a mayor of a giant block party but the policies were real. Productivity went up. Trust went up. Even voter turnout went up. She believed joy wasn’t a distraction from governing… it was part of the job. 

*“In a century marked by stress and survival, Cora reminded Americans of something they’d almost forgotten.

*America celebrates its bicentennial of the Civil War in the 2060s which is the largest celebration in the century. In 1865, the war ended. In 2065, America remembered, together. This was not a reenactment of division. It was a commemoration of consequence.

*Families dress in period-inspired clothing, not costumes, but respectful nods: Union blue scarves, Confederate gray ribbons, paired with modern streetwear. Augmented reality displays overlay historic battle maps above the Mall.

*Stuff from the celebrations
– Children walking through immersive exhibits showing letters from soldiers on both sides
– Choirs singing a modern arrangement of songs such as “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Dixie” blended with regional folk melodies
– Descendants of Union and Confederate soldiers shaking hands during a live broadcast
– Drone light show forming broken chains, then re-forming into a single American flag

* President Coyne makes an address to the nation about the war saying, “Two hundred years ago, this nation tore itself apart, not because it had too many differences, but because it forgot how to live with them… The Civil War teaches us something uncomfortable, but essential: unity without understanding is fragile… and local identity without shared purpose is dangerous. We don’t honor this history by pretending it wasn’t brutal. We honor it by learning from it. We must protect unity, not as sameness, but as commitment. And we must respect local identity, not as isolation, but as contribution. When we forget either of those, history reminds us harshly. This conflict teaches us that America survives not by erasing differences… but refusing to let them become destiny.” 

*By the 2060s a consensus was reached about the cause of the war: state's rights and property rights.

*Music in the 2060s was very "fantastical" and other worldly, reminiscent of (but not a tribute to) to 80s music. 

*The best selling album in the 21st century was released in 2063.

*In 2065, celebrities sang an epic cover of "We Are The World" as a charity single to help the people of Ukraine, as well as a tribute to the 80th anniversary of the original "We Are The World".

*In 2069, Della Rose made “We Didn’t Start The Fire” to recap the past 80 years from 1989 to 2069, to continue and honor her father. 

*During the bicentennial of the Civil War, a film trilogy that's an adaptation of Ken Burn's Civil War documentary series was released in the mid 2060s, called "Ken Burn's Civil War": "Ken Burn's Civil War" (2063), "Ken Burn's Civil War Part II" (2064), and "Ken Burn's Civil War Part III" (2065). It was critically acclaimed and it became the first film trilogy where each film was nominated for Best Picture with Part II winning.

*TV shows in the 2060s saw the return of the escapist, cheesy sitcoms and dramas but in the prestigious "drama" cinematography of the earlier decades. A show appears to be a comedy drama from the 2020s, but ended up being just a high quality looking regular comedy. Many series looked like heavy dramas on the surface, long steady shots of characters contemplating life, moody music cues, but the actual content was classic comedic or wholesome storytelling.

*Audiences embraced the paradox: it’s a regular comedy, but it looks like a big-budget, awards-worthy comedy drama. 

*In the 2060s, U.S. relations with North Korea reached high tensions in the beginning of the decade but things mellowed down during the second half, and the president and Kim Ju Ae have warm relations and Kim Ju Ae became the first North Korean dictator to visit America and ate at McDonald's. 

*Crowds in Washington DC cheer and welcome her like she's some celebrity. Then later, for unknown reasons (some claiming it was because of his visit to America), she started passing reforms in the country. 

*Meanwhile, people in North and South Korea started slowly demanding and protesting for change and reunification and started setting up passageways to help North Koreans escape. 

* President Coyne gave a speech at the DMZ in 2063 during the 110th anniversary of the end of the Korean War talking about the war and tensions between the North and South and saying "it's time for the last remnant of the Cold War to end" and saying "Pyongyang, time to stop being a city of fright and become a city of light!" with a large applause from the Koreans hearing her speech. Korea was unified in 2072.

*In the 2060s, the President pushed for "anti outsourcing" to allow countries and companies from China, India, and Mexico to build factories in America and create jobs after American companies outsourced jobs abroad. The President calls it "Scratch my back after scratching yours" economics.

*In 2066, the President “accidentally” shot and killed a senator, a reversal of the assassinations of the 1860s and 1960s. She went to trial and was exonerated because of the Supreme Court decision back in the 2020s (Trump v. United States) where the President is exempt from breaking the law due to being president and returned to office like it was nothing, only being banned from not hunting ducks on the White House roof. She claimed she was hunting ducks on the White House roof, and thought the senator was a duck. This assassination spawned countless theories where people argue the President was framed or the senator was gonna expose something but was taken out. It became a subject of countless documentaries, movies, and jokes for decades onward. 
 
*The 2060s. A decade that, at first glance, seemed impossible to define. The world had faced decades of polarization, technological upheaval, climate crises, and cultural fatigue, but by the 2060s, a new spirit had emerged. 

*Historians and cultural critics alike look back on this decade as one of the most beloved in the 21st century, arguably the most beloved since the 1990s.

*Music and media embraced bold, fantastical visions. Albums became global phenomena, while films and TV shows leaned into escapism and spectacle without sacrificing quality. Sitcoms, dramas, and comedies returned with cinematic prestige, creating a cultural tapestry that balanced fun with craft. 

*The 2060s weren’t nostalgic, they were celebratory. Artists embraced the absurd, the epic, and the playful, but with a technical mastery that made the decade feel alive in ways no other era had achieved.

*The decade was marked by a larger-than-life leadership style that fused optimism with bold diplomacy. Historic achievements, like the beginnings of Korean reunification and transformative domestic policies, brought Americans together and projected a sense of possibility abroad.

*The economy experienced a renaissance, thanks to innovative policies that reversed decades of outsourcing, brought jobs to American communities, and encouraged cooperative globalization. By mid decade, the country saw revitalized industries, flourishing local economies, and a renewed faith in opportunity. 

*The “Scratch my back after scratching yours”’ approach redefined economic thinking. It combined global integration with domestic empowerment in a way that previous decades had only dreamed of. 

*It was a decade that proved humans crave connection, joy, and spectacle. The 2060s weren’t just entertaining, they restored faith in everyday life.

*The 2060s are remembered as a golden decade of the 21st century. A time when culture, economics, and politics aligned to create a sense of shared possibility and joy. While future decades would face their own challenges, the 2060s remain a touchstone for optimism, a reminder that even after centuries of upheaval, Americans can once again dance, celebrate, and dream together.

*If the 1990s were the last great decade of innocence, the 2060s were the first great decade of renewal. And for millions around the world, it remains a decade worth remembering. 

The Missionary generation is so out of touch, they grew up so privileged in the 1870s and 1880s, they bought land at just 18 years old and homesteading it, and it was all for the price of 5 pennies, but they got greedy and now want to shut the door and keep us living in poverty. There's no recovery, life will be the 1930s forever. We will have no future.

Our generation, those born between 1901 and 1927, will be screwed.