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Comment by fireguy on September 23, 2010 at 1:54pm

This is a very old post but a good one, so I'll throw in.

The defining issue of the 60's and 70's was Vietnam. The reason was the DRAFT.

If there had been an all volunteer force in the 60's we would still be fighting that war because nobody would have cared, just like nobody cares about kids now signing up for the military. "You knew what you were signing up for so quit complaining".

When the government can snatch your father, brother, son, grandson, uncle, cousin or neighbor, shave their heads and send them to Vietnam or some other place against their will, people begin to get mad and take mass action against the war.

As long as they can keep the economy trashed and our kids have no other prospects for employment they will have a willing recruitment pool. Great plan, seems to be working out well.

Somehow we need to find a defining issue that the masses will react to. There are so many issues it divides and confounds the people who would rise up against a single BIG problem like the draft.

Death by a thousand paper cuts is still death.

Comment by Jeff on March 12, 2010 at 2:43pm

It was Nikki and it was sweet and it was short lived

Comment by Nikki on March 12, 2010 at 2:00pm

This is a powerful video, it gave me the chills! The sweet, short Summer of Love was replaced by greed and hatred.