The hippie movement of the sixties was all about long hair, tie-dyed shirts, freedom and non-conformity. Now everyone thinks it's a good idea to be the brick in the wall that Pink Floyd and the hippies hated. Bricks are man-made interchangeable one size pieces of constuction material. How would a band called "The Rolling Bricks" sound?
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave those kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
To some extent, I think the curse to that radical generation was not understanding the good that the previous generation gave to them. Likewise, I think it was also a reflection of the fact that much was provided to them that they felt like they needed to contribute something themselves..which meant rebelling against that which many thought was the approaching American dream of ever-greater prosperity and acceptance of the status-quo.
not to oversimplify your post, but yeah, they were a buncha spoiled brats.
I personally was in the Marine Corps from '62 to '66 and didn't have a lot of contact with the hippie culture (to say the least!!). I'm not necessarily advocating the hippie life style but, I'm definately not advocating the zombie life style of Marxism. What I"m surprised about is how eager young people today are to give up their individualilty to become a nameless faceless cog in a mechanism that has never worked worth a damn.
What are you whining about now? This thread makes no sense
How you can't get any pudding if you don't eat your meat!
Well, it would if you stayed out of it Comrade. I see you're from my old home town, which I normally don't admit. McCarthy should have wiped out the communists in Wisconsin once and for all back when he had the chance but he was smeared by the Progressives and they managed to save their bacon. What happened to your boy Russ Finegold when he stupidly decided to run on Obama's record? That "dairy air" sniffer needs to make an eye doctor appointment because he can't read the writing on the wall.What are you whining about now? This thread makes no sense
I'm currently a senior at a university, here's what I see on campus:
I think most younger people don't even stop to consider the consequences of what their doing. A lot of the young people say they want "change," for instance, because that's the most elementary political stance there is...no understanding or specific stances necessary. It's easy and popular. In other words, they'll jump on a bandwagon and develop a ready-made persona of political involvement or even radicalism without ever having stopped to actually consider what it is they are actually advocating.
I find that, on a personal scale, many college kids today are actually conservative--they don't want any major disruptions in their lives. Most are provided with whatever they need and embrace their current lifestyles wholeheartedly, although they realize that they'll need to provide for themselves someday. Take them out of their normal routine--hell, take away their cell phones--for a single day and they become distressed. The problem is that they just don't recognize any connection between the "personal" and the "political." They value individualism but don't understand it, and get hung up on collectivist political slogans without bothering to consider the consequences.
Lol what is up with your weird obsession with Marxism? I don't care about McCarthy or Feingold. One of you clowns always shows up on this forum every once in a while, makes for some good entertainment.
Welcome, new DP jester!
I could ask you the same thing. What's so great about it? I can't get a straight answer out of anybody, just lame excuses for why it has never worked.
I'm not making a million threads about it. You are.
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