I just finished watching the miniseries The Seventies produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. They also did The Sixties. It reminded me of what I grew up in and what went on around me. I highly recommend these.
The presentations provoked thoughts that had remained dormant for these many years and renewed how my present life was formed. I played in a band, I protested, I played sports in school, I went to concerts, I enjoyed all the youthful experiments in drugs, marijuana, sex, music, cars, motorcycles, and cohabitation. Our ideals were dismissed roundly in the early years. Many things have made it into the mainstream. The real loss has been our youthful optimisim.
While I remain optimistic about our lives in this world, I am convinced that there are large capable forces at work erasing and diminishing the hopes of the 60’s and 70’s.
Please comment on this subject.
BLL 2019-09-26