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Artie said:the values that started to permeate our culture in the mid 60's is what most of us (not all, I realize that) are trying to minimize in our own lives.
I think that's a big leap. There's a difference between a fervent interest in and appreciation of life as it was lived pre-1960 and a deeply held conviction that individual and societal values were superior then.
No one appreciates the aesthetics and popular culture of the Golden Era more than me, but I don't buy for a second the notion that life overall was better then. Or, rather, I'm fully convinced that it was better in some ways and worse in many others.
Admittedly, you acknowledged in your post that there are people who feel as I do, but I'm not at all convinced that the majority of people on this board view the Sixties as some sort of tipping point after which society values went to hell in a handbasket. Some no doubt feel that way, but the majority? I ain't buying it.