In addition to the material aspects of life I've cited, there was an obvious moral difference between then and now. Children in school did not, with some regularity, assault one another or their teachers. Metal detectors, even if they existed, would have been unheard of in school. Condoms were not mentioned, much less distributed, in the belief that the innocence of childhood was precious and should be preserved. One could attend a movie without being embarrassed by the language, and listen to a popular song without being incited to kill a policeman.
Sound morality takes honest money for granted.