Reading about this 12 month period is insane. I never realized how hot blooded America was at itself in the postwar era until I read a bit about this year Riots, protests,pop culture transforming ,assassinations, wars,spree killings,presidents quitting, a third party getting electoral votes
Take about Americas most important year since WW2
Carter Ramirez
God forbid we talk about anything other than Rome,Communism, or Stirner
Jackson Walker
Anyone that looks closely at the events of 1968 and still doesn't believe that the base shapes the superstructure is a god damn idiot.
Jeremiah White
Post-war and pre-68 America is fascinating.
Such an interesting time. It should be called the 'Second' Gilded Age, because that's exactly what it was: on the outside, apparent prosperity and harmony and conservatism. But a deeper look inside, and the revelation of all sorts of festering problems assailing the country: racial tensions, high unemployment, sexual frustration, paranoia and uncertainty, the growth of media and pop culture (which had never existed), the cultural gap between young and old...
Extremely fascinating.
Ryder Wright
Safe to say that 2016-2017 is shaping up to be this generation's 1968?
Aiden Roberts
>ywn get to be a police officer cracking filthy hippies' skulls with your baton in Chicago
Angel Garcia
>Civil Rights not going over well in the South almost leading to Civil War 2.0 >Assassinations of all the good leaders who could change things >Vietnam going to hell in bloodiest year of the war No wonder so many people just wanted to drop out, fry their brains with acid and smoke pot.
Grayson Gonzalez
Other history forums have moratoriums on certain topics when they get too frequent. Unfortunately, Veeky Forums isn't other history forums
Austin Ward
Not him, but I'd say yes, but on a smaller scale. We're a lot more placated than they were and the social upheaval has mostly already happened. The 60's really laid the groundwork for a lot of the shitty stuff we're dealing with now though.
Jason Robinson
I can see it.
The racial tensions are there, as well as the massive unemployment and the economic inequality disproportionately affecting the 20 - 30 groups, i.e. the most volatile ones ; there is also a growing divide between age (the young resent the old, the old berate the young) groups, as well as the culture wars that manifest between supposed Rightism and Leftism.
I'd say the conditions are there, but the spark is unable to start because the Internet is dampening said spark. Sure, life sucks: but one can go on the Internet to vent, laugh at funny videos and memes, and lose themselves in the absurdist environment.
Jose Campbell
>you could drop out of high school, hop on an assembly line, and become middle class or pay your way through college working part-time Pfffft. Hippies were just whiny morons. They had it damn good.
Michael Bennett
The late 60s were also Americas richest time per person Jobs for factories and white collar offices
Kinda shits on the thinking of poor economies leading to increased hostility
Connor Miller
If you were One of those factory workers though you might get shipped off to Saigon
Easton Roberts
>Civil Rights not going over well in black communities almost leading to Civil War 2.0 >Character assassinations of the very few good leaders who could change things >Middle East going to hell after years of bloody war
No wonder people want to just drop out and fry their brains with memes and Pokemon.
Nolan Baker
The unemployment wasnt bad though
Jonathan Turner
Time truly is a flat circle
Blake Davis
>find out about the draft >enroll in local college or get married >get a deferment
Grayson Lee
It's more that late capitalism is a frozen moment in time and everything has become a facsimile of everything else.
Levi Evans
>everyone finds out you're a draft dodger >can't find job
Brandon Long
>go smoke some pot with the local riff raff, join commune, have dirty hippy orgies Life on easy mode
Ryan Moore
This can be a good thing though
Jordan Gonzalez
>new guy joins commune >he shows you the way to a mind journeys >becomes leader >you die in a cult mass Suicide or become a Manson lackey