What Happened to the Anti-War Movement?
I was at a dinner last night with some colleagues, and one lady asked why aren't college students protesting the current wars -- like they did in the 60s. And it's true, there seems so little of a anti-war movement from young people. One guy said that at his university, students were mostly concerned with the environment and pushing for "green" consumables and technology. Is there something wrong with them that they don't care about these senseless wars, or or they think they have no effect on the war policies, or is something else going on?
I wonder how much the student anti-war protests of the 60's and early 70's were in fact some sort of incited "cointel pro" operation as part of some elaborate psy-op or deep deep politics? And is then the "green movement" also something similar?
I wonder how much the student anti-war protests of the 60's and early 70's were in fact some sort of incited "cointel pro" operation as part of some elaborate psy-op or deep deep politics? And is then the "green movement" also something similar?
posted by spooked at 9:43 AM
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back then students were being conscripted - just let them institute a draft now and there would be non stop anti-war protests all across the country.
ah-- excellent point! thanks.
you're welcome and thank you!
i think that another factor might be that today's youth have been numbed by the MSM, video games, and poisoned by todays food/environment so as to be oblivious to what is actually happening in regions of the world other than their own little private orbits.
god help humanity.
oops my previous comment was posted @ 3:33 - a total coincidence i assure you!
Around the time of S11 and the Afghan aggression, all college students received a letter from the government that basically said: your continued receipt of loan money is dependent upon your not speaking against the policies of the president, the military, the government of the united states.
Back in the '70's, a middle class family could pay for the tuition and rooom and board without loan money at a private university. There is much more dependence on this loan money now.
Also, professors who spoke up before and after the invasions were attacked mercilessly. The attitude at state schools was that the school was an extension of the state, and if you criticize the state, you do not deserve to be here. Private schools are much more dependent on the government now than back in the '70's.
Rumsefeld, Cheney & company, had this oppression of the academic community all planned out, all thought out, way ahead of time ala the patriot act. They learned their lesson from viet nam that the universities had to be neutralized if a long, profitable, war plan was to succeed.
I was working for an educational testing company in a college town when the afghan invasion went down. The company was heavily aligned with the u.s. military, and was owned by a british media company. They had spies outside during breaks and the people who were upset and were speaking about the bombing, the mass killings, the scam of S11, these people were fired and chased off within a few days. The lack of a movement is no accident.
Around the time of S11 and the Afghan aggression, all college students received a letter from the government that basically said: your continued receipt of loan money is dependent upon your not speaking against the policies of the president, the military, the government of the united states.
Really? My daughter was a college student at that time, with a government loan, and she received no such letter.
Lucky for her that she wasn't a follower of "ap". Otherwise, she probably would have received one.
75 year old crybaby
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