The music of the "Protest 60's" & wondered why things seems the same now as they did back then? True! there are a few differences, but overall it seems the same.
2007-10-21 00:16:55 · 11 answers · asked by dragon 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Each generation thinks it has all the answers. Rarely do they look back to see what worked, what didn't, and what lessons should have been learned. They'd rather repeat it all and learn from their own mistakes. What progress we could make if the lessons learned from the past would stick.
2007-10-21 00:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
The problems are pretty much the same, but we don't have the huge protests, sit ins, and the National Guard shooting college students. They seem to be shooting each other. The hippies are gone, I think some are on here answering questions! The cities are being burned in riots, but they are burning in California every couple of years. Now I'm getting depressed. I lived though all of that and remember it well. Maybe we need a few good protests to get us out of this war. It worked for Viet Nam.
2007-10-25 01:57:21 · answer #2 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Creedence Clearwater.
Listen to their music - "Fortunate One", "It Came out of the Sky" and others.
It is as contemporary today as it was then....
We never, ever learn, do we. We forget what happens to a society when we turn our future and our lives over to a government and let them make all the decisions.
How sad that, having been active in the 60's, I once again have to hit the streets to demand the same things we were demanding then....
We never learn.
2007-10-21 12:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I disagree,it is all different because todays youth hasn't the same commitment,the surety that we had.We were positive we could change it all and in a way we did.I know I haven't given up or became a different person,older,maybe a little wiser but still an optomist,still a believer that one person can make a difference.
2007-10-21 12:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The words of Bob Dylan are as relevant today as they were many years ago. Isn't it a sad thing when history repeats so soon. When will they ever learn?
2007-10-21 12:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For whatever reason, human nature I guess. Each generation thinks that there time is the first time. Most don't want to hear about the way it was, nor learn from anyone else's mistakes.
2007-10-21 09:28:07 · answer #6 · answered by kayboff 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Other than for technology, you can go to any decade/era and find the same thing. Humanity just isn't bright enough to learn.
2007-10-21 12:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Even though the song "history repeated" and know the consequences, younger people will still think that they know better, Unfortunately, human nature does not change
2007-10-21 09:30:42 · answer #8 · answered by slk29406 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes and I loved it, it seemed so deep and profound to me, I thought it could change the world, BUT it didnt, as you say!!!!!! You are perfectly wise my dear dragon and Im beginning to suspect that human nature has only gotten worse.
2007-10-21 07:25:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
yep. i STILL like Peter, Paul, and Mary. [blowin in the wind]. too bad our leaders cant learn from history.
2007-10-22 19:58:56 · answer #10 · answered by oldtimer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋