“it somehow felt dissociating. A world in which I did not belong to, or could never belong to. Parties, as if it was 1920, transpired days and nights, spent in the bliss of alcohol, self-indulgence, sex and drug abuse. As if we humans were whores addicted to the ignorance and bliss of nothingness that drugs, sex and alcohol brought about. A never-ending freedom in which we could always come back to if we needed to. Luxurious, the life of the rich.” SocietyAlcohol1920sOpulenceLuxury Life Style1940sJazz Age1920 Style1940s Morality Book:Atlas Loved Source: Atlas Loved
“All right, he thought, okay; if thats the way it is; a savagery of anger in him now at the picture. They call them "pin-up girls" and think its cute how "our boys," now that they're drafted, love to hang them in their wall lockers. And then close up all the whorehouses, every place they can, so our young men will not be contaminated.” SexMoralityArmySoldiersBrothels1940s MoralityPin Up Girls Book:From Here to Eternity Source: From Here to Eternity