Did the children of the 60s fail themselves and beleifs?

Question

Did the children of the 60s fail themselves, and ther grandchildren and ideals?

Answer 1

They were once called the "ME GENERATION" . As in what is in it for me. We are still the " me generation". Our fathers worked hard to give us a better world and we have wasted it with greed. Ask a health care question in the politics section and you will see the "me generation" at it's best or worst. Yes we have failed our children , our grandchildren , and ourselves. Our hopes and dreams are just ashes on wall street.

Answer 2

I think not. Modern ecological ideas began with the hippie movement of the 60s. Earth as a garden and going back to living gently off the land was their creed. You can really make the argument that the women's movement of the 70s was a direct result of 60s ideas of equality. It's not hard to see that both the ecological movement and the women movement were both a success. Ecology and current ideas for energy conservation are a worldwide movement. We have a woman as the Speaker of the House and another one likely to be our next President. We've come a long way, baby.
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Answer 3

Not all of us tuned in or turned on. Some of us kept our heads about us and there was a big leaning toward "going green" and conservation and all of that stuff. That is when it started, during the 60s. The survivors of the Great Depression were the original "recyclers". They made EVERYTHING go around several times before they threw it away. And it had to be well used before it was thrown away. We learned from them. I was a pack rat all my life and grew up in the 60s. I learned to save and recycle from my parents and grandparents. They lived it and passed it on. I graduated high school in '63.

Answer 4

We wanted to save the world from itself, but we didn't take into account that the world didn't want to be saved.