Watergate, Warhol and the Birth of Post-Sixties America

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> > Having been personally involved in the anti-war movement, I
> > disagree
> > strenuously.  I regard the 70's as basically a political coda to
> > the
> > 60's, and a rather sad attempt to reinvent and mass-market the
> > cultural ferment, festivities and fester that previously belonged
> > to
> > an alienated subculture.
> 
> Agreed. Although the marketing did start in the Sixties, it
> was certainly refined and much more pervasive in the Seventies.
> But certain areas (music, graphic arts) did benefit from
> said refinement. In addition, the Seventies was much darker
> and more cynical in mood (post-Altamont, post-Charles Manson).
> I have heard the Seventies called the "hollow decade", but I
> do not agree with it...........every time period has its
> shadow........cynicism and sentimentality occasionally cloud
> the best of minds, whether it be past or present or future.
> 
> Enjoying all the discussions very much.  ;=)
> 
> 
> bill2
> 
> "The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a
> control system set up by the non-dreamers." ___ W. S. B.


"The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." ___ W. S. B.

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