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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:35 AM Jun 2014

The Return of Sixties Values

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/bob-burnett/56518/the-return-of-sixties-values

The Return of Sixties Values
by Bob Burnett | June 21, 2014 - 9:05am

The level of U.S. political rancor has reached an intensity not seen since the '60s with its battles over civil rights and the Vietnam War. On the one hand, we have Republicans advocating a new Iraq war and more tax breaks for the rich. On the other hand, we have Democrats saying no to war and standing up for working families. For populists, it's the return of the '60s theme, "peace and justice."

~snip~

There are a lot of trends in the 2014 midterm election but for populists the most encouraging is the return of the '60s theme, "peace and justice."

In terms of foreign policy, this means reducing the Defense budget and limiting our engagement in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In terms of domestic policy, the new populism means changing policies that benefit the rich and powerful -- reforming the tax code, ending corporate welfare, breaking up the big banks, and resurrecting the Glass-Steagall Act. And the new populism means instituting new policies that benefit working families -- making the minimum wage a living wage, guaranteeing a minimum standard of living (in effect, enforcing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), and protecting the right of workers to organize.
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The Return of Sixties Values (Original Post) unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP
WE HAVE HAD TOO LITTLE PEACE OR JUSTICE LATELY Demeter Jun 2014 #1
Well Said Demeter! Crewleader Jun 2014 #2
One Can Only Hope The People Are Finally Stirring cantbeserious Jun 2014 #3
The difference is, there wasn't people throwing millions into right wing causes CanonRay Jun 2014 #4
Word pscot Jun 2014 #5
Control of the mass media was also more dispersed Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #7
I'm very concerned about this factor. snot Jun 2014 #8
"saying no to war and standing up for working families"? MisterP Jun 2014 #6

CanonRay

(14,038 posts)
4. The difference is, there wasn't people throwing millions into right wing causes
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:54 AM
Jun 2014

in the 60's. Politics are so much more dominated by money now than in the 60's. I think it will be difficult to overcome this and change anything unless we first get corporations and fat cats our of our elections.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. Control of the mass media was also more dispersed
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 03:17 AM
Jun 2014

and journalists back then tended to be more dedicated to the ideals of their profession, rather than just collecting a corporate paycheck.

snot

(10,481 posts)
8. I'm very concerned about this factor.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:56 PM
Jun 2014

It seems like the less mass media there is in a nation, the more likely the people are to challenge unjust government.

(Wasn't it supposed to be the opposite . . . ?)

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