It couldn’t be a sadder thing to admit, given what happened in those years, but — given what’s happened in these years — who can doubt that the America of the 1950s and 1960s was, in some ways, simply a better place than the one we live in now? Fifty years ago, college was cheap, unions were strong, and we had no terrorism-industrial complex. . .
. . . continued at TomDispatch.com, HERE — also at TheNation.com HERE — or Mother Jones HERE – or Salon.com HERE — or Huffington Post HERE — or Daily Kos HERE — or Alternet HERE — or Truthdig HERE — or History News Network HERE — or Redit HERE – with 480 comments!