"In the 1940s, a lot of the problems we have now do not exist because people were more polite to one another."

Jim Crow-Not polite.

Homophobia-Not polite.

Anti semetism-Not polite.

Legal misogyny-Not polite.

Redlining-Not polite.

Domestic violence-Not polite.

Using pejoratives to describe people-Not polite.

Locking up the mentally ill-Not polite.

The Mafia-Not polite.

When I was a kid people didn't even acknowledge a strangers' existence unless money was changing hands. You're not talking about this country. Things are much better now.