When I was at University, I was having an informal discussion with a dorm mate about the "youth movement" du jour. I said, it wasn't going to change anything. I went on to say, "they will graduate, get jobs, get married, have children--and everything will go on as it has."
The Resident Assistant ( A law student) argued with me. "No, no, no. This is a new generation, we have new ideas, we're going to change everything...and so on."
That was 37 years ago.
Jerry Rubin, the Yippie, became a stock-broker; Sonny Bono, and Tom Hayden ran for Congress, and Jane Fonda ("H*ll no, we won't go.") became a fitness guru and changed her mantra: "One, two, three, four, make another million more....two, three, four, make another million more."
More to the point, even those who are anti-establishment are part of the establishment.
The Hippies became Yuppies, the Yuppies, became the Me Generation, the Me Generation became Gen X and so on.
Plus ca change, plus la meme chose.
Regards,
Slim
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