Sure the fifties were great. As long as you weren't a woman. Or a person of color. Or queer. If you were a white, straight, cisgender, Christian man, the fifties were great. Provided that nobody thought you were a Communist. Also provided that you didn't find the standards of masculinity stifling.

Hm, maybe the fifties sucked, and the people who rose to the top were the people who always rise to the top.

Also, all you people who weren't even born pre-1960 who insist that the fifities were America's golden age: I promise you, old TV shows are not documentaries. Except the Twilight Zone. All that shit really happened.