I'm still reading the Hersh article, I'll post my comments about it soon, but first. A thought came to me. 9-11 will take up a page in American History books. There will be a photo of a plane hitting a tower, and maybe a bullet point thing at the bottom about the patriot act.
Oh, also check out this cartoon.
I just finished "Berkeley at War" for you History of American Radicalism class. War really good, gave me a much better grounding in what caused this capitalistic post-modern society we live in.
"The hippies brought a more casual, permissive attitude toward sex and drugs, an open expression of personality through clothes and hair, the sanctification of leisure in lieu of the work ethic, the adoption of born-again Christianity or eastern religions, and the acceptance of rock music."
Think of the antithisis of these things (and mayhap the result too) HIV/AIDS, consumerism and the nike lable (expressing one's personality through clothing), leisure into "bread and circisus), individualistic religion, and making music people into gods.
Interestingly the tactics of the students are lifted from Civil Right's actions in the south, Rock and Roll was lifted from Jazz. Things never change, today white kids ride tiny bikes as poor African Americans in the Ghettos did, difference being that the African Americans did it because they couldn't afford a new bike dumb white kids doit because they assume it makes them look cool. From Elvis to Slim Shady.
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