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Because the average middle aged American in the 1960s was born and raised from PARENTs that had been born and raised with horses and buggys. They had NO radios, NO televisions, NO cars, NO airliners, NO micro-wave ovens, NO telephones, and NO modern medicines. They had been raised from pioneer families that had "traditional values"; Women were women, men were men, good was good and bad was bad...there was no confusion about those common sense subjects. Then came the counter-culture a by product of modern machines (some noted above). Shock and dismay came from the confusion that modern easy living (read lazy and spoiled from people that did not EARN it) had turned the younger generation of human beings into.
Translation: The pioneers earned the right to have a easy life by inventing the telephone, television, automobile, X-Ray machines, cameras, computers, and peaceful living. The spoiled offspring of those people turned into Hippies and and other non-productive humans...because they never had to suffer (they didn not earn the easy life; it was handed to them!).
A more modern and easier example would be: If a parent(s) PAYS for their child's college education; then that child has not learned value. That child was handed an education without earning it! A child that pays for their own college earns it, and learns the value of making an honest living. A person that serves their country in the US Military and attends college on the GI bill has EARNED that education. But when a rich "Mommy and Daddy" buys their spoiled child a college education...with rare exceptions, that's what they're gonna get...a spoiled offspring that knows only greed and the desire to "make an easy buck."
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What generation of Americans participated in counterculture?
Baby Boomers
What explains the rising popularity of the New conservative movement on the early 1980s?
The rise of the counterculture of the 1960s alienated many Americans
What explains the rising popularity of the New Right conservative movement in the early 1980s?
The rise of the counterculture of the 1960s alienated many Americans.
What culture did the counterculture oppose and why?
The culture that the counterculture of the 1960's opposed was the anti-establishment culture. Their overly conservative lifestyle and beliefs is what they opposed.
What did the events of 1968 show about Americans' view on politics?
- They were deeply divided
What generation of Americans participated in counterculture?
Baby Boomers
What explains the rising popularity of the New conservative movement on the early 1980s?
The rise of the counterculture of the 1960s alienated many Americans
What explains the rising popularity of the New Right conservative movement in the early 1980s?
The rise of the counterculture of the 1960s alienated many Americans.
What unintended impact did counterculture have on many mainstream Americans?
While often debated, one unintended impact was the way the counterculture took social misfits, such as the Apple computer developers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, and turned them and other computing pioneers into successful businessmen.
What generation of Americans participated in the counterculture?
The Baby Boomers generation predominantly participated in the counterculture movement in the 1960s and 1970s. This generation rebelled against traditional norms and values, advocating for social change and embracing alternative lifestyles.
What name was given to the young people in the 1960s who rebelled agianst traditional values?
the era's counterculture.
What assumptions about mainstream culture were made by the counterculture?
Many assumptions about mainstream culture are made by the counterculture. One such assumption is that mainstream culture has life easier.
What were the characteristics of counterculture?
A key characteristic of a counterculture is that they reject many aspects of mainstream society. For example, those involved in the gansta rap counterculture seek to find success through illegal activity rather than through gainful employment.
What was the unofficial capital of the counterculture movement?
it was Woodstock. The counterculture activity pinnacle was Woodstock, the counterculture movement official capital was San Francisco, California.
Who did conservatives blame for the increase in permissiveness in the US?
Campus rebels and counterculture
What caused the deterioration of the counterculture movement?
The two main factors that initiated the decline of the 1960s counterculture were the Mason Family murders and the turmoil of the Altamont Free Concert. These two events, along with rampant drug use and civil unrest due to the Vietnam War, caused a backlash by mainstream Americans.
What effect did the counterculture have on art and?
Art and fashion began to reflect counterculture values-apex
