We Boomers of the sixties I'm sure were viewed a ridiculously naive children, our expressing sincere faith in democracy at home and abroad. Folks like the Dulles brothers and business folks like United Fruit were probably scared witless that an entire generation of US youth actually believed the democratic propaganda that leaders and ed…
We Boomers of the sixties I'm sure were viewed a ridiculously naive children, our expressing sincere faith in democracy at home and abroad. Folks like the Dulles brothers and business folks like United Fruit were probably scared witless that an entire generation of US youth actually believed the democratic propaganda that leaders and educators had been feeding us throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s. No wonder big business felt it had no choice but declare war against so effete a mindset as those who took democratic ideals seriously. The neoconservative and neo-liberal backlash is about the nihilistic cynicism of the old guard fighting a convenient communist bogey man. These dark figures are why we are here. They have waged war against the powerless in this country to keep us backward, scared, and pliant.
We Boomers of the sixties I'm sure were viewed a ridiculously naive children, our expressing sincere faith in democracy at home and abroad. Folks like the Dulles brothers and business folks like United Fruit were probably scared witless that an entire generation of US youth actually believed the democratic propaganda that leaders and educators had been feeding us throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s. No wonder big business felt it had no choice but declare war against so effete a mindset as those who took democratic ideals seriously. The neoconservative and neo-liberal backlash is about the nihilistic cynicism of the old guard fighting a convenient communist bogey man. These dark figures are why we are here. They have waged war against the powerless in this country to keep us backward, scared, and pliant.