It's a godawful small affair

Tuning into the BBC's new series on the 70's, I am in sympathy with it here and here is a picture of me in that great decade.
I'm sure I could have found less flattering photos.

I don't understand why the 70's are so maligned. We still had Marxism then, making the place more interesting and philosophical, even if pathologically ideological at the same time. The programme makes the point that Arthur Scargill was Thatcherite before the fact, not much particularly socialist about him but simply out for what he could get.
I wish we still had it now. It went from glam rock to punk, with Motown and reggae proving more fruitful in the long run. David Bowie only shows himself to be more and more of a genius the more one looks back on him. It can't only be the age that I am that makes no subsequent decade seem as interesting.

It was a debate worth having. When one is young one thinks at least one side will win. But now you look back and try to work out who did win.
Nobody wins in the end. You need to make sure you are having a good time while it all happens around you. Is all, really.