"Anti-Nationalist Civics"....What?

[Eric the Green]

Quote:My only point with this is that broader collective trust was not one of them.

I agree, in the sense of less trust in institutions, since the Vietnam War, Watergate, the general rejection and suspicion of authority, decline of churches, wilder youth cultures, riots, drugs and gangs, family stresses, growth of conspiracy theory, and reactionary libertarian and culture-war movements, etc., since those 2T days.

But in human relationships, beyond families, a greater and broader openness and trust, friendliness, informality and love, a bright feeling of awakening spirit, looser and more authentic manners-- mostly among young people (but all this was not restricted to lefties, as this was not a political movement per se, through stronger in more liberal states and the Left Coast), but also spread to some older folks too to an extent. And the greater acceptance of differences though liberation movements, such as in race, nation, gender, LGBT etc., which grew from those days and from lefties to the general population, and the creative ferment and cultural awakenings and new traditions stimulated by the psychedelic and new age/human potential cultures, liberations, deprogramming of repressions, etc..