2 ms·
That goes in cycles. Some generations are more politically active than others, as young people tend to find their own things to do. The late 60s and most of the
by jltsiren 1y ago
That goes in cycles. Some generations are more politically active than others, as young people tend to find their own things to do. The late 60s and most of the 70s were politically pretty active, as there were a lot of young people and the society was changing rapidly. 1968 was probably the year of peak youth activism, both in the Western and the Soviet blocks.
- morkalork 1y agoI wanted to say something about the youth vote back then and how they've changed since but it doesn't sound like they have at all. In 1972 Nixon won their votes and they're the boomers voting for the same dumb politics as today, reading and phones/internet be damned: https://archive.ph/qW2iE https://archive.ph/qW2iE