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In reply to the discussion: You Tell Us: When Did The Spirit Of The '60s End? [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)getting shot..taken out. I think that with the FBI/CIA Infiltrators...that it became too hard for the "youthful enthusiasm" to continue much longer once the first changes had been made.
The "Movement" (Women's and Environmental) did continue well through the 70's when the Media finally allowed more Women into reporting and Environmentalism (Grow your own, HomeMade, HandMade, Natural Fibers and give your kids Wood Toys from "Creative Playthings" were all the Rage amongst those 60's folks now having children and wanting them to have "natural everything." The first Natural Baby Food, Natural toys, clothes, etc. took hold at that time and many parents who weren't "hippies" were following that movement for "Natural."
It was when Reagan became President was when I noticed the change. He was the first financial De-regulator since FDR and he loosened much...which freed up money for Wall Street...and times got better for some...and it caused a shift that took awhile to get going. But, it was Reagan that opened the "GOOD TIMES of GREED and Self Satisfaction" and then Poppy Bush opened the door for the Chinese Imports and everything went downhill from then on.
But...really it was the failure of the Carter Administrations goals that set us down the Reagan Path and it was the NeoCons who did Carter in.
(This is a very quick...off top...reply from someone who lived through that time.. It's not an academic essay that has links and quotes and verification from other sources.
I wish I had time to go into more detail... But, it was the Open of the Floodgates of Chinese Goods to America that was our downfall after the late 60's-70's move for Independence, Creative Crafts, Grow your own food and Make Your Own Stuff or do without...that the Chinese Imports crushed...and we've not recovered our independence since then.
Whatever..I'm not going to waste time giving facts or statistics because few folks read what anyone says here when they do that. It's just my synopsis.