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Re:Sex Scandal Toppled a Silicon Valley Chief. Investors Say... by tptacek on Saturday July 28, 2018 @11:49PM (#17636421)
Roger Sterling married his secretary on Mad Men. The point of that show, and that story arc, was not that things were excellent in the workplace in 1963.
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Re:Sex Scandal Toppled a Silicon Valley Chief. Investors Say... by skookumchuck on Sunday July 29, 2018 @01:09AM (#17636621)
The point of the show is social commentary on today via an imaginary view of the 1960s. Just like Battlestar Galactica was thinly disguised commentary on the Iraq war.

I'd be careful taking it as an accurate picture of the 1960s. Hollywood pieces, even period pieces (and most especially period pieces) are creatures of the time in which they were filmed, not when they are set.

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Re:Sex Scandal Toppled a Silicon Valley Chief. Investors Say... by tptacek on Sunday July 29, 2018 @01:27AM (#17636663)
I think you've missed my point.
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Re:Sex Scandal Toppled a Silicon Valley Chief. Investors Say... by skookumchuck on Sunday July 29, 2018 @02:54AM (#17636891)
Mad Men isn't historical evidence of anything. It's a fiction. It's as relevant as The Planet of the Apes.
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