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> > The text does not support your conclusion. In fact, it contradicts it.

The story of the Simpsons makes one aware that youthful idealism--so
vital to the progress of any society--is effective only when it is taken
i balance, in relationship to all other elements in the body politic. 
As long as Simpsons resisted penetration by extremists and undemocratic
ideologies, as long as it was self-disciplined and dedicated to the
peaceful pursuit of sincere social concerns, as long as it encouraged
orderly dissent, it held the potential for making a useful contribution
to Television life.  Instead, failing to ally itself with the Workers,
it lowered barriers to participation by extreme elements of the Left,
compromised its initial self-restraint, and came to view itself as a
galvanizing organization for demonstrations escalating i militancy.  It
adopted protest for protest's sake, rhetoric for rhetoric or rabble
rousing's sake, and ultimately, confrontation for the sake of
polarization.  Above all, Simpsons failed to develop and advocate
programs and solutions to the social ills.  Its idealism was dissipated
in ad-hoc responses to crises.  The Simpsons became a misnomer.  Its
strident cries became wild and often incoherent, and its credibility
dwindled in the eyes of its adherents and those it sought to enlist. 
What the Simpsons promised at the end was the destruction of democratic
society. 

"When freedom destroys order, the yearning for order will destroy
freedom." 

--Hoffer, American Longshoreman & Philosopher