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Originally Posted by NewChief
That's a good question. While this isn't really an answer, I think the overriding feeling I get for it is of nostalgia. And while in many ways that America wasn't really the "good old America" there's still an underlying pining for a lost era that can no longer be. Don, throughout, is the relic from the past who refuses to change even as the world passes him by. The swallowing of their firm by the behemoth is the final act in this passing of an era.
Of course, that's a false nostalgia, as scrappy upstarts are more possible now than ever... but it just feels like Weiner is reaching for that.
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It certainly wasn't most of middle America. I was shocked at all the adultery and drinking while on the job. An ad man age 73 said all that was authentic in the ad world back then. There were even sex contests and raffles for who would have to do who and alcohol in their desk draws. He said it died out in the 80's. It's supposed to be authentic. I never saw it in the late 80's or 90's.