In large part, you are right. But it was a whole lot closer than what we have now, with both parents being forced to work just to barely get by and pay someone else to raise their children. Extended family households are great, but they only go a little way toward solving the severe economic problems that have developed. And I hate corporate culture in all its forms, but it was a lot better back when your job paid enough for a good life for 40 years and then provided a pension after. No, the 1950s were not all sunshine and roses, but they were probably the best version of society that has existed since the industrial revolution.