05-28-2022, 10:43 AM
Let's see where to begin: The late Silent/early Boomer crown let its subconscious take them on a ride (Think the song "Magic Carpet Ride" by the rock band Steppenwolf). Twists and turns, new trains of thought, visiting new places, and welcoming the unusual were all par for the course from the late 60s until events largely out of control more or less forced them to sober up. There were the economics shocks of the 70s, Watergate, stagflation, and later on the AIDS scare.
This is a separate paragraph because what I am saying here still largely applies to the current time. Their moods can be as wild as the ride described above, which later would lead to outburst from pressure groups such as the Moral Majority, even before AIDS became a thing. The MM set the tone for so much of what is happening today: crackdowns on sexual adventures of all types, also muzzled by longer working hours for many, which is the total opposite of what many pundits expected with the advent of modern technology. The propose overturning of Roe v. Wade has got to be the latest jewel in their crown.
This is a separate paragraph because what I am saying here still largely applies to the current time. Their moods can be as wild as the ride described above, which later would lead to outburst from pressure groups such as the Moral Majority, even before AIDS became a thing. The MM set the tone for so much of what is happening today: crackdowns on sexual adventures of all types, also muzzled by longer working hours for many, which is the total opposite of what many pundits expected with the advent of modern technology. The propose overturning of Roe v. Wade has got to be the latest jewel in their crown.