Gee, Steve, I 'll write your post for you, how about that?:
Neo, what you don't mention is the damage to authority done by the odiousness of segregation, and the lengths to which the so- called decent people were willing to go to sustain it. Further, isn't it true that the misguided intervention in Vietnam cast doubt on the judgment of your so- called "PMs", and showed them willing to sacrifice their own children on an ill- conceived crusade against Communism?
Additionally, the repressive sexual regime of the 50s couldn't last. With the man- power shortages during the war, Rosie the Riveteer had gotten a taste of independence, and learned that she was competent to earn a paycheck. This, and the general rise in education, was bound to lead to greater career aspirations among women, testing the old conventions tying women down to hearth and home. As sexual roles came under scrutiny, sexual mores were bound to follow, especially with improved contraception. Obviously, the period of experimentation was bound to have problems, before things settled down into new ways of doing things, but that is the price paid for social change.
Thus, what you characterize as flowing from a morality of self- fulfillment, I would say came from an inevitable period of questioning and turmoil, where traditional authority came up short, and people were groping for a better way to organize their lives.
How was that? I will wait and see if you want to add anything before making my response...... |
