[lbo-talk] Cultural Change?

[kjkhoo at softhome.net]

At 9:01 pm +0000 30/4/04, Carl Remick wrote:
>Yes, the counterculture opened up huge holes ... one micron deep. 
>While I recall the sixties as a great time to be young, I'm sorry to 
>say the era was a complete waste of time in terms of lasting 
>positive effect.

Women's rights. And that hasn't only been in the US, it's global. I 
think it would have been unimaginable without the explosion of the 
60s and 70s. That's the one enduring legacy, even in parts of the 
world where it may not be so apparent.

>   The USA wouldn't be the utterly malignant fucked-up mess it is 
>today if the counterculture had made any difference at all.  Sad.

But perhaps today's mess is also to some degree a product of the 
"counter-culture" -- the kind of culture it was? There was a lot that 
was messed up about the period -- and I guess inevitable in view of 
what it was reacting to.

kj khoo