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re: What is your assessment of the 1960’s?
Posted on 9/3/19 at 10:18 pm to weagle99
Posted on 9/3/19 at 10:18 pm to weagle99
When we think of the 60s, we think of Haight-Asbury and Woodstock and things like that. But for most people around the country, the 60s were a lot like the 50s. It wasn't until the 70s that the counterculture thing really became widespread.
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Posted on 9/3/19 at 10:44 pm to weagle99
My assessment:
Filthy
Stinky
Morally bankrupt
Spoiled
Nasty
Sweaty
Crappy clothing
shite-Stained
Bacteria
Herpies, Syphillis, Crabs amok
Delusional stupidity
Political corruption
Tree worship
Nonsensical
Mostly Stupid music (yeah, I said it)
Too-tight jeans
Muddy
Filthy
Stinky
Morally bankrupt
Spoiled
Nasty
Sweaty
Crappy clothing
shite-Stained
Bacteria
Herpies, Syphillis, Crabs amok
Delusional stupidity
Political corruption
Tree worship
Nonsensical
Mostly Stupid music (yeah, I said it)
Too-tight jeans
Muddy
Posted on 9/3/19 at 10:46 pm to weagle99
The Radical New Left was born in 1960 on the campus of Cal U Berkeley. That movement has not stopped growing since then.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 12:11 am to Kafka
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Musically awesome
Politically disastrous
Perfect.
This post was edited on 9/4/19 at 12:14 am
Posted on 9/4/19 at 12:43 am to kingbob
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kingbob
Posted on 9/4/19 at 12:56 am to Kafka
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Musically awesome
Politically disastrous
Boomers thought they were the shite.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 1:03 am to The Spleen
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many of the social problems we have today grew from that decade.
I'm also interested in hearing which social problems today grew from the 60's, and how and why you think that.
Boomers taught and indoctrinated by communists have grown up to run the show(see Alinsky and Clintons, Obama, etc). Great Society.... ever seen a sign in the park saying "don't feed the animals?" There's a reason. Enough said.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 1:06 am to Lima Whiskey
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We’ve let men off the hook, we’ve told women “you can do it all (simultaneously), and our children are in the middle, suffering for it.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 1:15 am to lsunurse
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shouldn't there be?
Yes because forcing two people to get married just because they fricked and are now expecting a kid is just setting up for a wonderful environment for a child to be raised in.
I do believe in marriage....which is why I feel like it should be taken seriously as a life long commitment...and not something used to make sure a woman is seen as respectable.
If you were a woman in the 60s and pregnant and didn't believe in abortion(whether or not it was legal)...your only acceptable option was get married asap.
Or, we take the time to teach kids about waiting til they have their shite together before they mess around. There's a middle ground between "kids will do what they want and there's nothing you can do" and "wait until you're married to remove the chastity belt or you're going to HELL!"
That middle ground takes effort. The "sexual revolution" was born of kids that had it too easy, and sex became a big deal in response to boredom and the taboo associated with sex. Instead of "do whatever" or "you're going to hell," how about we teach our kids that there are more important things to focus on? I have a 16 year old, and I don't have to worry about him. He has other shite to do, and is occupied enough to not give a shite about girls yet. Of course he's a boy, but he doesn't have the stupid teenager movie stereotype "I have to get laid or I'm not cool" mentality.
Bottom line is boomers had it too easy, and much of what we see in culture is a result of their lack of self control, the justification thereof, and subsequent parenting of the next generation.
This post was edited on 9/4/19 at 2:11 am
Posted on 9/4/19 at 1:44 am to SoulGlo
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Bottom line is boomers had it too easy, and much of what we see in culture is a result of their lack of self control and subsequent parenting of the next generation.
Absolutely
Posted on 9/4/19 at 5:54 am to weagle99
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What is your assessment of the 1960’s?
It ruined the US in every way possible
Posted on 9/4/19 at 6:54 am to Wtodd
I'm not reading all 7 pages but this will sum up 60's and the problems that it has caused.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 7:03 am to SoulGlo
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Bottom line is boomers had it too easy
The 70's were an economic disaster for the middle class. This "boomers had it easy" is revisionist crap. The entire decade was a struggle. This inflation run started in '72 and lasted about 10 years, coupled with economic stagnation and the shedding of blue collar jobs.
There was nothing easy about it. High unemployment, high inflation, miserable interest rates. The countries morale was lower than it had been in decades by the end of the 70's.
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In the winters of 1972 and 1973, Burns began to worry about inflation. In 1973, inflation more than doubled to 8.8%. Later in the decade, it would go to 12%. By 1980, inflation was at 14%.
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But people partied like it was the end of the world, because many actually thought it was.
This post was edited on 9/4/19 at 7:55 am
Posted on 9/4/19 at 7:05 am to TxTiger82
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It wasn't until the 70s that the counterculture thing really became widespread.
Most of the free love and commune stuff was early 70's.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 7:54 am to Pettifogger
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Attempting to treat every subsequent decade like it's the 60s is the problem. A whole generation is bored and desperate to find struggle/conflict where it doesn't naturally exist.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:05 am to Kafka
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The nineteen fifties saw more and more women given leisure time with clothes washers, dish washers, and instant foods, giving them the opportunity to enter the workforce
There is actually an argument that these appliances caused more work for women as people now had more clothes and dishes needing to be cleaned.
Not saying this is correct, just saying it’s an interesting thought.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:07 am to Oilfieldbiology
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There is actually an argument that these appliances caused more work for women as people now had more clothes and dishes needing to be cleaned.
Not saying this is correct, just saying it’s an interesting thought.
Late 40's and early 50's were tough for women who had worked in the factories during WWII, then found themselves stuck at home doing housework. It led to rampant prescription drug abuse.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:08 am to lsunurse
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Still would be a heavy stigma if a woman was pregnant and not married.
As it very well should be still. The destigmatization of this has allowed for fatherless homes and broken families, both of which leads to poorly disciplined, academically struggling children on the whole.
The worst thing the 60’s and 70’s did was relieve men of their perceived responsibility to care for their children through misguided/misinformed women’s empowerment ideals. Again not saying all of women’s empowerment is misguided, but certain ones like I don’t need a man are.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:11 am to weagle99
Huge leaps in technological advancement. Engineers were under huge demand in that decade.
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