The hippies were not correct. They were pushing for the same exact thing the Vietnamese communist were. They weren’t doing it for altruistic reasons such as government honesty. The hippies were trash and now occupy top levels in our government, and they are the source of the Maoism and communism in America today. You should honor and treasure every Vietnam vet you meet. That said, it was a waste of lives, money, and empowered the counterculture movement that led to the dystopian government we have today.
I don’t trust the U.S. government today, and I wouldn’t have trusted it in 1965, either.
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“Hippies,” proper were just useful idiots for the SDS/Weatherman Columbia-educated self-loathing Jew commies that now hold the reins of power. Think Ayers/Obama/Holder/the Clintons. “Coat-and-tie radicals“, to use Emmett Tyrrell’s term.
The same a-holes who were protesting the Vietnam War in the 60's and 70's are among the commies running this government today, and pushing the Ukraine War. Biden got five draft deferments during the Vietnam war, and as a Senator in 1975, he was against Gerald Ford aiding South Vietnam and evacuating refugees. Biden thought protesters were “assholes,” but he said the war was a “tragic mistake” based on “lousy policy.” From the guy whose policies are a "tragic mistake" based on "lousy policy."
“”””The hippies were trash and now occupy top levels in our government””””
No they aren’t, you are confusing dropout back to nature hippies with highly engaged and educated and accomplished leftwing political people.