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re: 1960s history question
Posted on 6/3/17 at 11:45 am to Rouge
Posted on 6/3/17 at 11:45 am to Rouge
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Many can argue that we never go to Vietnam is JFK remains President.
We already had advisors in Vietnam when JFK became president and over his 2 years and ~10 months in office, he increased our military presence there. Robert McNamara was JFK's boy, not LBJ's.
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Posted on 6/3/17 at 11:50 am to baybeefeetz
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the way the Beatles looked in the early 60s and the way they looked later in the decade
Tv
Most other changes have too many variables to list, though previous posts do a commendable job
Posted on 6/3/17 at 12:15 pm to baybeefeetz
The "Age of Aquarius", no doubt. Seriously, I lived it and I agree with most, if not all, of the reasons people have given in their responses. But I can also say that there did seem to be some sort of cosmic force that took over people's hearts and minds. People seemed more emboldened than they were in the 50's. Maybe it was the backlash of what society had been through with WWII and Korea? The further development of nuclear weapons was a huge wake up call, in that we realized man had created the means to their own end. The tense time during the Cuban missile crisis brought home the reality that it may be OUR end. Not just the end of some far away city in Japan. People started taking notice of what our governments were up to and reacting each in their own way. I think JFK's, RFK's and MLK's assassinations, along with Viet Nam and everything else were further evidence that we weren't in Kansas anymore Toto. Or maybe it was just the LSD.... 
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:37 pm to White Roach
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quote: Many can argue that we never go to Vietnam is JFK remains President.
And they would be horribly wrong
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:38 pm to baybeefeetz
drugs
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:53 pm to CSATiger
US Supreme Court decisions and the US stopped being "we" and became "me".
Posted on 6/3/17 at 1:56 pm to baybeefeetz
The invention of long range nuclear weapons and the threat of being obliterated at any moment.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:03 pm to baybeefeetz
The higher use of LSD by the college age kids.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:09 pm to baybeefeetz
Vietnam. Civil Rights movement. Television.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:15 pm to Tigerhead
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The "Age of Aquarius", no doubt. Seriously, I lived it and I agree with most, if not all, of the reasons people have given in their responses. But I can also say that there did seem to be some sort of cosmic force that took over people's hearts and minds.
Different eras in American and human history have seen quantum leaps of consciousness. The mid Sixties through the present day is one of those times. The internet was a huge catalyst. It's the natural evolution of American society rebalancing itself after becoming so out of balance since WW2. The power is flowing back to the people and the local level. The internet opened up a pandora's box of information that can't be packed up again. This revolution is now achieving a horizontal as well as a vertical depth. We live in interesting times.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:16 pm to yat70458
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The higher use of LSD by the college age kids.
This, along with other potent consciousness expanding medicines is a huge reason why people's eyes were opened so quickly to what was really going down around them.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:23 pm to Homesick Tiger
Joe Namath ---- 1969 Superbowl III
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:37 pm to baybeefeetz
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What do you think was the most significant force that caused the change that characterizes the 1960s?
TV and the media in general... I believe it to be the one common denominator that provided a catalyst for the various counter cultural movements, civil rights movement ect...
It gave many of these movements a national platform for free...
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:43 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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Fact: The civil rights movement and hippie counterculture was the result of deliberate communist/soviet subversion exercises.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 2:44 pm to baybeefeetz
LSD
Posted on 6/3/17 at 3:28 pm to baybeefeetz
Youth movement. Peace, love, sex, drugs and rock & roll. Groovey times, can you dig it?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 3:52 pm to Rouge
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JFK getting assassinated in Dallas
This and the subsequent escalation of Vietnam
Posted on 6/3/17 at 3:58 pm to baybeefeetz
Too many to choose from:
JFK assassination
Vietnam
Wide open drug culture (Turn on, tune in, drop out)
Sexual revolution
Integration
Posted on 6/3/17 at 5:08 pm to Tigerhead
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The "Age of Aquarius", no doubt. Seriously, I lived it and I agree with most, if not all, of the reasons people have given in their responses. But I can also say that there did seem to be some sort of cosmic force that took over people's hearts and minds. People seemed more emboldened than they were in the 50's. Maybe it was the backlash of what society had been through with WWII and Korea? The further development of nuclear weapons was a huge wake up call, in that we realized man had created the means to their own end. The tense time during the Cuban missile crisis brought home the reality that it may be OUR end. Not just the end of some far away city in Japan. People started taking notice of what our governments were up to and reacting each in their own way. I think JFK's, RFK's and MLK's assassinations, along with Viet Nam and everything else were further evidence that we weren't in Kansas anymore Toto. Or maybe it was just the LSD....
This is very true as are many of the other replies, it definitely still is going on, I lived it as well. DOB 1954 Very interesting still
Posted on 6/3/17 at 5:14 pm to Smokezilla82
We have a winner!
Children at that time were taught "what" to think and not "how" to think. We started questioning everything. That really upset the older generation.
The tension between the generations caused the young people to rebel.
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I think rebellion was one of the forces to shape the 60's. Children of the 50's growing up and wanting to break the chains of what was considered the "traditional" way of life.
Children at that time were taught "what" to think and not "how" to think. We started questioning everything. That really upset the older generation.
The tension between the generations caused the young people to rebel.
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