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In reply to the discussion: What we need is a new hippie-like counterculture movement! [View all]was an interesting year as Many, Many of us Still couldn't even Vote.
"Nixons sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks was confirmed by transcripts of FBI wiretaps. On November 2, 1968, LBJ received an FBI report saying Chernnault told the South Vietnamese ambassador that she had received a message from her boss: saying the Vietnamese should hold on, we are gonna win."
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/13/nixons-vietnam-treason/
Did Nixon "win" the election or did he Win it - honestly because the people who voted for him KNEW what was going on at the time and were in Support of his shenanigans (aka: Treason)?
There's only so much you can blame on the electorates of past era's when it's Clear there was, like Now...CORRUPTION in the body of "our" government and elections are not always as they seem.
http://www.history.com/topics/watergate
Which Really was the "counter culture"? The liars, cheaters and thieves amongst the politicians and Their ilk Or the wise kids who saw "The Wizard of Oz"?
I submit..that the election (choice) was Stolen From The People through propaganda and FEAR...just like now.
How can one with an awareness of reality Support an real "Counter Culture" when one can See all the lies and corruption really going on all around them....while they are simultaneously being Blamed for the "state of the state"?