06-02-2018, 02:42 PM
(04-18-2018, 06:04 PM)Another Xer Wrote: This thread seems to be missing a key component of the Boom Awakening. It was hugely successful in promoting Civil Rights and reducing racism and sexism (institutional and otherwise). It was also hugely successful in the view of a country's youth being fodder for war. The draft is probably right up there with social security in terms of things that politicians wouldn't touch (short of a real war of defense).What would you place on both the credit and debit sides of the era's ledger?
Charles Manson was a stain on the era but a reflection of the crazy extremes of the time. His cult has no impact on the bigger wins and losses of the Boom Awakening.