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Originally posted by fastpat
Riiiight, 20-somethings forced 40- and 50-somethings to make governmental changes to increase immigration.
What are you, some kind of dolt?
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No, but you clearly are. So what culture (and laws) are in place today? Answer: The laws the "rebellious youths" agitated for.
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"In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political opposition. In casual practice, the term came to prominence in the general press as it was used to refer to the youth rebellion that swept North America and Western Europe in the 1960s and early 1970s. Earlier countercultural milieux in 19th century Europe included the traditions of romanticism, Bohemianism and of the Dandy.
This movement was a reaction against the conservative social morals of the 1950s, the political conservatism (and perceived social repression) of the Cold War period, and the US government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam. Opposition to the war was exacerbated in the US by the compulsory military draft.
The 1960s youth rebellion largely originated on college campuses, emerging directly out of the American Civil Rights Movement. The Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley was one early example, as a socially privileged group of students began to identify themselves as having interests as a class that were at odds with the interests and practices of the university and its corporate sponsors."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture