1968 was a time when this country was exploding with tension, love and the war in Vietnam.Our need for peace harmony and justice was challenged by the status quo.The assanatinations of MLK and RFK was evidence of how sick this country was full of hate.
I can certainly relate, I was drafted in 1966 and came close to being sent to Vietnam, the 60's were a crazy time. I lost many high school friends, they died for nothing but politics.
Richard Young My husband joined the Marine Corp in 1969. An older friend of his returned from "Nam" and told him in no uncertain terms: "DON'T GO!" He and his buddy signed up as Reservists.....they are both still alive,
Richard Young politics? Yes to a point I suppose but if you ask the Vietnamese who indured over 20 years of imprisonments and “re-education camps “ whether our cause was just they will tell you the real impact of a totalitarian, communist regime. The fifty eight thousand plus soldiers whose names are on the Wall in Washington DC died to prevent that very thing. The politicians failed us simply because they succumbed to a very small percentage of draft dodgers and students who wanted to maintain their exemptions. It’s very easy to pass judgment upon something you have not researched to gain an understanding!!!
@@dalegriggs5392 look Dale, not every war america enters is entirely just or even to The United states plan. If you look at the long telegram sent by george kennan which is the basis for containment the goal was not to provent every possible spread of communism but to keep it restricted and let it die. It was not a good war to enter and the reason for staying of "our boys would have died for nothing" only served to have more lives be lost and more villages to be uprooted. This isnt a period to be glorified. We need to understand what happened here. And utilize it to help bring todays america together.
Being 24 I'm super thankful for this channel, David. As a history fanatic myself I love to see how society was in our beautiful country before my life started. I always find myself Watching at least two of your videos per day. Gives me more appreciation for my parents generation and the ones before theirs. Thank you for giving us amazing content during these difficult times we are facing in the world brother 🙌🏽
just remember the provocateurs in these protest worked for the government governments love unrest and oppositions it feeds their sociopathic personalities
Thank you. It does me a world of good to see yet another person in your age group that gets it. I would love to see more of it. I am 60 years old and always try to keep an open mind and keep my hope raised. You have raised my level of hope. Thank you.
I was born in England, 1969 . Since my early teens I became obsessed with everything 60's from both sides of the pond. My fascination still persists to this day , so thank you so much for sharing your amazing archive with us .
I was born in '66 in America but my dad moved the family to England in '68 to start anew. The only job he could get though was w/the American govt and we had to move back in '73. That was a pretty jarring change for us kids, because we were 'English' by that time.
It's an endlessly fascinating era. The US in 1960 is so different from the US in 1970 that it's hard to believe that there's only ten years between the two.
This video brought back memories for me; I was 18 and protested the Vietnam War. I was concerned for my older brother, who was drafted, plus so many male friends too. I would light a candle every Sunday asking God to protect my brother. I did not want him to go to Vietnam; I heard the war would change their lives in so many ways if they made it back alive. Too many young men died in that war. God answered my prayer; my brother stayed in Texas for the whole time. He was very smart and knew how to type, so they needed him in Texas. It was a scary time in my life. Thank God for answering my prayers. Thanks for posting.
My brother was drafted but couldn’t pass the Physical because his leg was really messed up, and he told me that he was so disappointed because he was ready to die for this country ❤️ it’s strange how things ain’t like that much anymore
The work you've done is extremely important, because of people like you we're able to get a glimpse of what life was like and how people thought back in the day. Thank you for making these videos available.
Hi, I'm 16 and live in the US, on the east coast, ever since I can remember I had always been fascinated by the 60s especially years 67-70 and now more than ever. I watched many films like this on youtube, I want to thank you for letting us watch this gem, being sooo relatable during this time.❤
Thank you so much for your comment. I have told one other young person the .sane thing. You also have raised my level of hope. I am 60 yrs old amd seeing what I have seen thru the years it can be difficult to maintain hope. But somehow I manage. And you have raised my level of hope. As long as their are young.people who have your outlook there is hope for the future. Thank you again. So much. You will do great things I am sure.
Find as many different sources as you can. It is hard to find material that is not biased towards the Left. I lived through these times, and what I read almost never reflects what I saw and remember.
I was born in 1968. Interesting how the fabric of society was being shredded so soon after a time of prosperity in the late forties and fifties. Thank you for the history lesson..
There was prosperity in 1968..war in Vietnam kept money flowing. Everyone drove American manufactured big cars, gasoline was dirt cheap about 25 cents a gallon, groceries were cheap, rent was cheap. Many bought an they were available a house with the GI a bill or FHA. Mass Building of subdivisions. Manufacturing almost EVERYTHING in America. I was radical and thrifty bought 1968 a VW bug. 3.00 worth of gas lasted me two or three weeks. Bought a nice little house in 1972 with an FHA 7% rate loan. Very little money down. 😊 I was born before 1968. I’m a boomer since early 50’s Jobs were plentiful. I lived and grew up thru the 50’s and 60’s. College tuition in your own state was reasonable 12 hours less than 100. O0 books included if you lived at home. Remember minimum wage was around 65 to 70 cents per hour.
@@donalddrysdale246 Yeah, it has really twisted into something else. Who knew that something as little as a face covering could be so powerful as to pit people against each other. It really brings the divide of the country to the forefront, every single day.
The thing I see is that the young people saw a problem and rebelled, but were able to somewhat poignantly explain what they had a problem with. The young people today, and I myself am under 40, see a problem, yet they aren’t able to verbalize what that problem is. I mean you see young people today railing against a materialistic society while watching Kim Kardashian. Or rallying against media dishonesty, while believing some other dishonest media. stuff like that. I’m not attacking millennials. That’s just what I see
The problems have not changed. We're saying the same things the young people in 1968 have said. Everything has gotten worse since then. Corporations own our government, and they both own us. Every time we try voting for someone who will fix the problems, they rig the election.
Well now theres a lot of social media, technology and other platforms for people to argue on rather than in person. Technology and internet are great tools, but the masses dont always utilize it for actually making change
As a 20 year old, the way I see it is that they are fed that information and really don't know understand the message behind it. It's the education system killing critical thinking.
@@autumnreed2079 I wish there were way more people your age that think the way you do. I wish there were more people of every age that could think for themselves.
I graduated from high school in 1968. Went to nursing school. I got married Dec 1969 after my fiance got drafted. He went to Vietnam Jan 1971. Was wounded a month later. I had a disabled husband by the age of 21. Jesus was my rock and my savior. Walked through domestic violence, divorce, being a single mom, unemployment, being homeless, living in a group home for women. Jesus brought me through one day at a time. Now, at age 70 and retired... I live a frugal life in a safe environment. God is good !
After the great sadness that life wrought upon you, ma'am... I would be even more certain there was no god. This opinion may horrify you, but it is better than believing a supreme being was deliberately punishing me for some reason.
@@effyleven Omnipotence - God is all-powerful - everything consistent with God's nature is possible. Omniscience - God is all-knowing, of past, present and future. Omnibenevolence - God is all-good/all-loving. Omnipresence - God is present everywhere.
Thank you David for showing this footage I was only five years old in 1968 my parents are no longer living although I know this has happened before from history I have nobody Old enough in my family left to remind me that we’ve been through crisis before and survived.
@Linda Casey, I can't agree more. I watched this video and was surprised by how much I related to the thoughts expressed in this video. As someone born in 1996, I've never been able to feel this kind of solidarity with an older generation. And yet, when I look in this comment section, half of what I see is people failing to understand the current generation of young people. What Confrontation asks of it's audience is to listen to the voices of the most disadvantaged, of the heart of protesters, to the young people. We are echoing the voices of the past because, as a society, we still refuse to take these voices seriously. Thank you for your comment.
@@haleyellis7939 My ol' grand dad (1920s) used to say when my mother (1940s) criticized my generation (1960s) that EVERY generation's elders criticizes their youth and every younger generation rebels against their elders. It's built into the fabric. His parents criticized him, their parents criticized them and so on. Remember this when you get to be my age and you catch yourself shaking your head at the younger generation. And believe me, you WILL. 😁 Enjoy your youth while you have it honey. It's over before you know it. 💖
@@LindaCasey Absolutely. I'm only 18, and while I certainly often disagree with older generations and don't like their grasp on my life, I also find myself losing hope in society when I see the thoughts and actions of my own generation, especially those outside my interest/peer group. We're all human and we're built the same way, no matter when you were born. There will always be parents and children, and instincts to fight for your beliefs. Society has always been controlled by human instincts and always will be. So the best we can do is not get stuck in our own heads. Thanks for the wise words!
I was 16, then 17 in 1968. I dropped out of high school and kinda thought we might not see 1970. I can't tell people what a crazy time it was. Fortunately, with the help of some adults, I calmed down, went back to high school, got a job and car but it was touch and go mentally for a few months.
You are so brilliant. I grew up in St. Louis and graduated high school in 1969. I started protesting after Kent State and joined the students at Washington U when they were going to burn the ROTC building. My dad drove a tank in the Battle of the Bulge and he drove my 3 girlfriends and me to the protest. He said your makeup looks, great girls. Stay in the back. Meet some nice Jewish boys and here's 20.00 if you need a cab. I graduated from an all-girl Catholic school but we were rabble-rousers, unlike the kids from Webster Groves. We had lifelong family friends that lived on one of the greens at Webster Country Club so I was well aware of that. So this might be my pitch for same-sex education through high school. Patriarchy was not on our radar. I love that. I just love and adore every bit of documentation you have created of those times. Your insight and perspective are just great. Thank you!
1968 can be summed up by a song released in 1967: There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there, Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn. Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds, Getting so much resistance from behind It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down What a field-day for the heat. A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs. Mostly say, hooray for our side It's s time we stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid. You step out of line, the man come and take you away We better stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down And it's somewhat relevant today
I was born in 1975 so this makes me Generation X. Baby Boomers have been my elders, teachers, mentors, religious leaders, and managers for the past 45 years. I try not to come from a place of bitterness towards them as I may have thought exactly like them if I were alive in 1968. I can only say what I know to be true. What I have witnessed from this generation both inside and outside of the church as a whole from the 1970s onward is this: Multiple failed marriages, struggles with addictions, depression, anxiety, more rat race materialism, and messed up children. Even as they tried to do what is right, even as many desperately tried to follow Christ. One would think that the prior generations who lived through 2 world wars and a Great Depression would struggle with such things. But instead this is the outcome for a generation who was raised during the "good life". I am not blaming them for this. I just feel this has been a phenomenon relatively ignored for the past 50 years and deserves more attention as to why this is. Maybe healing could come from being honest about it. Thanks for a great video.
Well what could married people do except have so many children?! The Catholic Church rammed it down their throats to keep having children non stop, at least that's what was going on here in Canada in the '40's, '50's, '60's and '70's FOR SURE.....
donald drysdale thanks for your reply and the things you wrote. I understand what you are saying. So many good people out there, but so much oppression by the elites, and so much abuse. I don't blame anybody nor am I affiliated with any particular religion. I agree there is much corruption and self interest. I am simply a Jew who believes in Jesus and I believe in Him because I resonate with the belief that the battle is not of flesh and blood but of spirits and principalities, and the hope I have in Him is that this battle has been won. 1967-68 were pivotal years for the USA in so many ways as well as for the rest of the world, particularly the Middle East. It was then I believe the spiritual battle ramped up a notch. I agree wholeheartedly with you that we should be careful not to disrespect older generations because of the demons they were battling at the time. Life could seem so pristine and proper, but the battle we can't see may still be raging full force above. Now, today in 2020 the battle is even more obvious. My hope is that this is because we are even closer to victory. "Those who are humbled shall be exalted". I often don't do a good job of taking my own advice and I find myself anxious a lot. Nevertheless, these words I repeat to myself comfort me, and I hope they do also to anyone who reads this. God bless.
Even tho there was racism, sexism, inequality and competition in all the prior generations in America, the social norms let people conform. For better or worse, everybody knew what was expected. There was more free reign to do things. People valued initiative and independence. Less laws for some things, which was both good and bad. Kids went out and played unsupervised. Could get into mischief or get hurt. Could also make a few bucks selling newspapers or - the black kids do shoe shine. The taboos against social justice perverted initiative into a free pass to exploit the poor, immigrant, marginalized, as per scienctific theories grouping people, women, kids, animals into superior/inferior. Therefore - less rights. Contrasted by churches and other moral folks striving for compassion, decency, justice. Every other person could be the one who is 'out' meaning disenfranchized from the group, school, work, community, family... So when the idea of people wanting to marry for Love, based on mutual respect and concern for what matters to them - Radical shift. Advice was to snag a 'Good Catch.' Don't be too picky. Cant attract a man if you appear too smart. Always defer to the man. Make him look good. Women's needs and lifeplan are second to his. It's just as easy to marry a rich one as a poor one... Btw - Men were supposed to be tough, rough and unemotional. Never cry. Always competitive. Dominating. Only prefer to convo with 'worthy' peers. Kids weren't people. They tried to turn them into little adults. Animals were like robots or raw material... Nature is to exploit as the dominant culture saw fit. This was understood and widespread as the default norm. Of course many men were chivalrous and compassionate. They ignored or had to fight (literally) against those who thought they were 'soft.' A few women followed their callings and pursued dreams despite family protest/disownment. Some people cared for kids/animals, the environment. So those people became Role Models to transcend a hard and hypocritical culture. The world was a material, mysterious place. Even now, how does a couple know they are right for each other? How do they make it work? Are children a blessing or a burden? In times past, they needed people to work the farm/help out. Many did not survive. Carry on the family name to be established in the community. Times have changed. People started to travel - a lot. No set community. Childcare is a big liability, and no place can accomodate a bunch of kids at today's rental/housing prices. No time for personal and professional development. As well as work/life balance. Why have a latchkey kid? No one is there for them. Why would they be there for you later in life? So to try one's hand at the 'Big Experiment' and see what genes get passed? In a gig economy and surveillance Big Data world. So Gen X, early/late boomers, and Silent Gen had to encounter this. They were idealistic. People told them to marry for love/social chemistry over money and status. It's Romantic. But romance is understanding the person, values, morals, etc. Integrity. And they were also told to - Do what you love, and the money will Follow...But sometimes you just have to do any kind of honest crappy job to create a path to that. All your parents' had to just go for it and see how to work it. Not much precedent, support. Sometimes resistance from what social circles were still around. Change and Discovery could be good. But takes wisdom, insight and fortitude to make it right. It all happened so fast....
I was born in 1975 as well. You hit it dead on. We are generation X, the children of the Boomers. We are the product of them. We are the last generation to not have cell phones, social media, etc. We were taught if you want something, WORK FOR IT. The 80s were a great decade to be a child. The Boomers did their best to teach us the right way to live, work hard, and always be respectful. They are a wonderful generation, and I have the upmost respect for them. They did they best they could. And most Generation X's that I know turned out pretty well, thanks to the Boomers.
David Hoffman is amazing person and all of his videos should be preserved somewhere besides youtube for coming generations. Thank you, David for your amazing films!
David, love your work. An obvious difference between then and now is how thoughtful and articulate young people were were back then in expressing their views. You can solve these problems if people talk like this.
I might not believe what some of these people are saying, but as a fellow 21 year old, I find that my generation has a problem far worse than this virus going around. The people in this video are smart, intricate, and concise in their words. Beautiful really.
...yes a very astute observation, public schooling was at a somewhat higher level before the 80's. General education has dummied down your generation in many ways. Our countries leaders believe its far more important to shovel money into the military than, into the education of its countries future and students minds. Americas biggest exports.....War/ Diabetes/ Betrayal.
@@hotrox2112 i agree with that, and it is sad to note that funding may not even be the root problem of it all. I beleive it is a systematic degredation of free thought and real science and history. They dont want us to learn. They want us to be obedient workers, with no freedom of thought.
A couple reason for the "articulateness" But first let me point to Greta Thunberg. She's more knowledgeable and just as much a icon today as anyone in the time of this fine film. I'm 69 BTW. 1. After WW2 the US economy was screamin. Nukes, Hiways, Universities, and every consumer thing that could be made, was made all at once, here in the US. The people in the film would be shocked if you told them that we in 2020 mostly wander from one dead end or gig job to another. A totally different conception of lifetime employment, even for the hippy who wants to start a farm or a band. 2. America was completely organized, industrially, culturally, (for "whites" anyway) during WW2. Our leaders needed, paid for, and got a highly educated work force for a tech future, but, and this is hard to see, also to overtake or keep up with the USSR, who had equal or better education. 1. and 2. no longer exist! Everything's made in China and our economy is almost purely military and consumer. Who needs an education? Just a few do. The US economy has always produced the people it needed (from slave to well educated tech worker gone hippy). It isn't cultural drift, its economics.
@@donalddrysdale246 i agree with most of what you said. But i'll disagree on one point, and that is that our government was always oppressive. Our founding fathers may have been freemasons, but our constitution at the time it was made and even today was written to free man of big government control. To free the people of the world of authoritarian laws regarding all things. Even still in 2020 the united states in all of its problems, we have people from all over coming here with the intent of liveing in the freest country in the world. We could fix our problems if we took the globalist lobbyists out of government, ended the welfare state, and let capitalism be capitalism and not bail out failing businesses or banks so that we may free up resources for other oppotunitys. At this point that seems unlikely.
Thanks David. When I was 7 or 8 in '74, '75- My Family and myself were worried that my brother would possibly have to go to war. He was 17 at that time- but the War ended in '75.
Hi David , I have read much about 1968. The assassination of both RFK & MLK & the horror of Vietnam was so much to handle. So much division , like today. Here we are over 50 years later. Hope we keep hope alive.
Thank you for sharing history with us. We truly need to preserve these priceless videos. I am very grateful that we have you to share this with us. Sending some sunshine your way from Tucson 🌵Arizona.
We had a Christmas dinner in 1970 and I was 11. I remember my uncles drank a little too much and were teasing my cousin who just came home from Vietnam about his hair being too long. Well one thing led to another and there was a fight with the Irish. My mom forbade Christmas at our house for 2 years. These were terrible times. Much worse than today.
Even if those times were worse than these times, the present is certain to catch up soon. Back then, most of the heavy alienation was amongst college students and coloured people. Now it is mostly across the spectrum. People are figuring it all out, and they are mad as Hell in direct proportion to how well they understand.
David, your videos are beautiful. I am extremely grateful to have came across your content. Your work serves as a portal into the past and will continue to do so for generations to come. The world needs people like you David, thank you
Jacqueline Kennedy was close to brother in law Bobby after JFK was shot & killed. Seeing Bobby get shot and killed 5tears later rocked her to the core. She felt they were after all Kennedys including her kids. Two years later she left and went to Greece and married Onassis. She wanted to protect her children.
That took me back to when Bobby Kennedy was taken out, and his mournful train crossed the entire grieving nation. May he and his brother's death be not in vain.
If you watch and listen carefully to upcoming events, his death, along with JFK and MLK will be honored by a truthful explanation and the perps will be exposed. The good people never gave up - they just got very quiet.....for a while.
Only a month after this was posted; George Floyd, protests, excessive force. It looks like the country is about to divided again. It's sad how much and yet how little things have changed
It’s equally amazing how we have allowed ourselves to be duped by the government and how we’re jumping to their loops. Nothing much has changed except we could change the scenario now that we know that this is our fourth flu outbreak Since the 1920s. Time for us to wake up!
@@Bob_Shy_132that's a really crappy thing to say or even think. Or are only certain lives considered of value to you? Missed the concept of what this country is about and what it was founded on.
It's amazing how people still pontificate with phrases like "kids today" as if they don't sound just as clueless and close-minded as the people who once referred to them that way.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss...What people don't tend to talk about is that most "hippies" were rich brats who had the option to sell out when the movement died. Most of the talking heads from the baby boomer generation seem have forgotten the entire experience of the '50s thru the '80s or have chosen to ignore it for personal gain. It's just a crumby circle of willful ignorance.
We WERE kids. We didn't have a clue about life, just as kids today. I REFUSE to be preached to by someone still on dad's dime that think they know a better way. I've been to the other side of the world, I've lived in places 99% of today's youth wouldn't want to be 1000 miles from. I've buried my parents, I've had mortgages, insurance and car notes. I've had to decide between rent and food. Decide between one or two toys for my kids birthdays. Life is easy when you know absolutely NOTHING about it.
@@Seenya59 I'm Norwegian, and our elders left us with universal health care, universal college education, a robust social safety net, and much more freedom from the worries you describe. We understand why young Americans are pissed off
@@magnusalexander2965 You also live in a country with half a population that's half that of the metropolitan NY area, and very little social, racial, and educational strata. Very easy for a country to provide lots of safety nets when everybody works and everybody contributes. Get off your high horse dumb dumb. You're comparing apples to oranges, I assure you Norway is ultimately no better than the US. And certainly without the US, you'd be speaking Russian.
It's also amazing how self righteous, petulant, pious, sanctimonious, hypocritical and ego ingratiating the youth of today are, as if they're any different from the hyper political kids of 52 years ago. And guess what? By '72, radical politicism was completely out of style, and hippies completely irrelevant. I predict the same for the asinine prattlers of the 2010's...this abysmal decade is drawing to a close very soon, I assure you.
This generation painted my face as a child. I was born on the last day of woodstock at the time Jimi Hendrix was playing on stage. I was a child of hippies in SF. Much of this scared me because I did not understand yet however my parents explained and taught me Love. Thankfully I did not know what racism even meant until around 15 years of age. People were just people to me. Either you were loving and kind or not. In time I found out how mad the human race was. I'm still greatly saddened by it. We get what we give in his life. Think deeply on it because it has eternal ripples.....ripples...ripples....ripples....ripples.....ripples...ripples....ripples..ipples.....ripples...ripples....ripples..
@@donalddrysdale246 Fear is what took the German peoples souls and humans potential will never cahnge. Most are cowards and will take the life of others so they can survive themselvesTey can't see themselves for who they really are. Not this kid. Creepy serpant society has always been strong among us but Love will always win and the earth will one day be peaceful forever..Just wait and see..
thank you for the films Mr. Hoffman!!! I am an 18 year old from Atlanta ga and i just love these. Getting these snippits and snap shots of real life and culture is so valuable. it's always one thing to read about time periods or political climates on some pages but to watch and listen to real people and their real words is invaluable. THANK YOU and please keep it up!!!!!
Spicy Cabrona Yes, we are. I put my generation, 50 and over, in the older camp, and many of us lose perspective on youth. I reel with astonishment every time I see an older person use the same tired stance of insulting the current youth culture as if they were dropped on their collective heads. It happens to every generation and will continue because not everyone has the introspection to see the pattern and break its cycle.
More of dynamic commitment! I’m not a Christian and feel we can each raise up to our current situation w/ or w/o Christ. Inspiration as a whole message. Thank you once again 🙏🏼
I was 17, a sophomore in high school with poor grades, my parents said I had a choice , buckle up with school or be drafted , I knew I needed disciplIne , I opted to go to military school , it structured me in a way that allowed me to succeed in life ! All I can say about 1968, it was the best of times and worst of times !
09:17 - Profound. "Whether they get together or not is irrelevant. Change will happen." Pure Truth. Baby Boomers have always had the courage of their convictions. I am a Gen-xer and remember my parents and their peers speaking deep into the night about these, at the time, current affairs.
No, Baby Boomers talked a good fight. Then reality hit in the '70's. That easy job they thought they could get disappeared. Their muscle cars disappeared under the weight of the Arab oil embargo. Their communes proved the value of capitalism. I lived through the whole thing, and my views were shaped by what became of the '60's 'rebels'.
"I think the biggest area of hypocrisy is the fact that everybody tends to accuse the other person of being hypocritic, but denies it about themselves" FACTS
AmericanPatriot, “this bad”? It was also wonderful. Yes, there were problems, but there was also a great awakening to making this a more loving, caring society where people matter more in society than the previous rigidity of simply accepting what we were told to be, think and do. It was a whole new world of intellectual, spiritual and creative pursuits, allowing us to think for ourselves and make decisions for our own lives.
They are shocked now, but also, it seems as if it was inevitable, especially on the west coast. The easy coast was as always more traditional until maybe 911.
Tough year on a personal level too. In January 1968 my 17 year old birth mom conceived me. Her Dad told my 21 year old birth father to leave town or he would kill him. In September 1968 I was put up for adoption. Five years later after Roe v Wade I would have been just another statistic. In the midst of all that turmoil I made it out alive thankfully. So did the country. And hopefully we will again.
Funny how you give all the credit to women not having any control over their own bodies, and you have no appreciation for the people who adopted you. I wonder why that is?
And then life happened. We "got some and wanted more" to paraphrase Saul Alinsky and got absorbed into the system. I was taught to believe that it was each generations job to leave things better than we found them. My boomer generation generally failed that task which has been the greatest disappointment in my life.
I couldn't disagree more on the last sentence. I think your generation has for the most part realised on many levels that life is not as simple as "bla revolution bla, anti capitalism bla.." My generation however (Millennial) and thereafter are living off the economical gains that the Boomer generation has made and think they are a lot smarter and that they have all the answers. They want to tear everything down and they think "The government will pay for everything". They are lazy, stupid and arrogant.
I agree. My parents are boomers. It seems as though anything that was considered traditional had to go. Family, church, clothing, gender roles, I could go on. What bothers me about this video is that these people are now in charge and the current shit storm we are in, I attribute to them. And the group as a whole, are very conservative!
@mVP You're seriously denying that the boomer generation made economical gains? I'm not saying they did that because they are such great individuals- if anything they have had it much easier than the generations before that- obiously after a devastating world war. But they made something out of it. Millennials on the other hand are just whining all day long- even thought they have it even easier.
@@nobodymister5435Oh many hippies were middle class actually and then moved onto becoming CEOs and money hungry in the 80s, yeah these people rebelled but they’re just like us GenZer’s and the previous youngsters, the millennials. Boomers saw what was happening and grew their hair, protested and did dr*gs and literally made love, and hitchhiked across the nation living in vans, though ofc not all were like that there were many hippies who even till this day still are hippies and haven’t changed their stance, views, morals and values. Then there’s the ones for a war and government and those were usually the conformists who valued the morals and traditions of their predecessors, who stood for Jim Crow, who thought Vietnam was an intervention to prevent the spread of communism to reach further. That was your boomer generation in the 60s, they saw the downfall of Do-wop and the rise and stardom of the Beatles in their early teens/childhood, continued the old morals and traditions, and by their late teens/early 20s ended the decade with political unrest, a war and draft, divisions… And then they became what they swore they wouldn’t. And we too will get there. It’s the way our species was made to be. However our younger generations are too scared and brainwashed to do anything both are sheep. So yeah history will rhyme again
The USA was heaven compared to what was going on in the Cuba, USSR, Eastern Europe under the Soviets and China under Communism and Mao. A broader picture of history would be apropos....
These young people back then, seemed to had given a lot of thought to the human problems. Over the decades...more "me, myself, and I" along with materialism and mainly, the Internet, has made many today just "totally lost". Good video for us all, David. Take extra care in these days of COVD19.
These 'kids'' are the Clintons, Sanders, Trump, Jerry Rubin, Ruth B G, Biden, Jane Fonda; the OLD People of today...Look at the wonderful world they and their children have raised today......BTW I'm in this Baby Boomer generation, and often ask 'what happened"?
They didn't fundamentally change the institutions they rebelled against. Some may have been well spoken, but were as disorganized and unfocused as Occupy.
Thank you David, As many of us who were born in 1968, I am aware of the furious social climate during that time. For me personally, your film work really adds a great significance and depth to that awareness. Bravo.
donald drysdale I think American society is systematically blindfolded by mass media in more ways than just the phone. Our education institutions no longer believe in pledging allegiance to the flag (which keeps us united), our police force is hated by a large number of the population due to biased publicity or ingrained stigmas. I think our separation is linked to more than just modern day media. Our history (which is why we are the most diverse country... a land of opportunity) is taken for granted and unlearned from. Look at the Democratic convention of 1969 or the Presidential debates of the last decade...Not much has changed. In short; think people would rather listen to their emotions rather to reason. There’s much to be said about mask wearing and it’s effectiveness. I agree it’s burdensome and lacks finding yet wear one at work. Why do I wear what I hate? I wear it not as a sign of conformity but rather as a sign of compliance. As a way for me to pay my bills really. Truthfully, I think the saying ‘When in Rome’ applies...As someone who works in Retail, I’ve seen and experienced customers unwilling to abide by our stores code. I think many people fail to understand that somethings are the way they are because the corporate industry would rather not be held liable should a supposed outbreak be linked to the store. Yeah 🦆 the masks and 🦆 the political division. America seriously needs to calm the 🦆 down.
Thank you, Mr. Hoppin, for another wonderful opportunity to become enlightened. You are such a tremendous person and such a tremendous filmmaker. If I live next-door to you, I would be your very best friend.
Both my parents 1955 and 1954 grew up in Brooklyn, NY. I’m obsessed with the 60s. It just seemed like an amazing time. Plus Pink Floyd and the Beatles. Lol. My mom was a disco queen. She said her and her friend had a motto only dance no romance. They wouldn’t drink either for fear of being drugged.
you continuously post the most interesting film pieces, Mr. David ! thank you for sharing your mastery and your body of work with all of us here..... we appreciate you!
What goes around.......comes around........the more things change--------the more they stay the same. The ebb and flow of human nature and understanding. It will always be so.....
I was born March 1968...my mom was pregnant at a young age while in senior high... She had a somewhat strict upbringing. I guess having me was her way of rebelling against my grandparents :)
I wasnt alive at the time but my dad always used to say '68 felt like the whole world was ending. War, riots, assassinations, general angst. He told me todays divisiveness, although terrible, doesn't seem as all encompassing as it did then.
This was mainly in large cities and on college campuses. You never saw this stuff in smaller towns and rural areas. It was a much freer time then, too.
Most of America was not living though the tumult. Hippies, beatniks, militants were a minority, only that media amplified their reach; just like today.
Thank you for this blast from the past, David. I remember 1968 extraordinarily well. Why? The first part of the year was filled with images, on network television, of nightmarish film footage, like the little Vietnamese girl, naked, screaming and running for her life, being chased by a shower of napalm! Every single night - reports of death and horror, caskets draped with American flags and horrific photos of innocent villagers. My mother, a devout Christian who was blacklisted in the 50's for union organizing, suddenly snapped off the TV. one evening. Her face was covered with tears and she said: I can't stand to watch this anymore. When Summer came I heard reports from my father, who was on the Chicago Fire Department, of neighbors in the inner city throwing bricks at the firemen as they tried to put out the fires, blazing in their own neighborhoods. Firemen viewed themselves as the heroes of the people and this insane reality blew their belief system all to hell. He loved those people and risked his life for them. He could not understand WHY? Finally, school started. It was my Senior year of High School. When I met the girl assigned to the locker next to mine, she was off balance and troubled. I learned that her father's business, in the inner city, was completely destroyed. Everything he had worked for all his life was gone. The film presents Christianity as a solution, but it was not working. The dissenting voices were reacting to the platitudes with no real solutions. Many older people agreed with the young revolutionaries. But, soon all of us had our American spirits crushed by government - chiefly the CIA. They murdered JFK, MLK and Bobby, and infiltrated our institutions. We WERE DEFEATED......but now comes 2020. What's different? The people have taken control of information through the Internet. Many revolutionaries who could not let go of the idea that no one can take our God-given rights, delineated in the US Constitution, have been planning to end domination of the few evil ones over the 99%. We finally identified the source of the evil that we couldn't understand back then. The entire planet has had enough. We are hunting them down and dragging them into the light of day. Life in the time of the Corona virus is about rebirth, redemption and renewal. Before the end of this glorious year, we will have our beautiful mother Earth back in the control of the gentle people. Call the evil ones Cabal, or Deep State, or Illuminati, or Mafia or any number of titles, but the horror they put on this place is ending. The world that the Hippies dreamed of is coming, THANK GOD!
Leslie Parsons I liked reading the piece that you shared with David. But I am a Christian and Christianity is not to change this world no matter what ideology man lives under it will never work because it’s ran by man, And things will always probably get a little bit better before they get worse and I believe Bible prophecy is true that in the end and it’s getting close to this it says in Revelation you won’t be able to buy or sell unless you have the Mark of the beast and anybody who takes the Mark of the beast will be doomed look up our redemption draws nigh
@@TrustMe55 I said that my MOTHER was a devout Christian. I was raised with Christian values but while I have a deep and abiding relationship with The Creator, The One, The Great Spirit, I do believe, from years of intense research on many religions, that these organizations will crumble in the harsh light of day, which is coming fast. The story in Revelation is either a worst case timeline or simply a Cabal wish list that will not happen. The religions will crash and burn very soon. I will watch and cheer. People of the TRUE God will never take the mark of the beast. God wins....look around.
Growing up, I watched a lot of Scooby Doo and loved Shaggy as a character. One day my dad jokingly dismissed the characters as "Just a hippie", to which I asked, "what is a hippy?". He never gave me a straight enough answer, or at least too complicated for my young mind to understand, but his implication was surely negative. These videos help me relate to and understand the context that gave rise to the rebellious youth of the 60's. Thank you for your work, David.
1968 in October i was back from Vietnam and out after serving 4 years in the US NAVY. It was definitely a different world from 4 years before. I was married and had a son. Time to get a job and plan the future. Tragic events would shatter that plan. Here we are in 2020 and more changes and tragic events. Who can make plans. Life is what happens while we are making other plans.
Thank you for sharing this. History is largely lost on a post literal generation. Maybe seeing the video will remind them that this isn't new and there are lessons to be learned from the past.
I find this really interesting. I’m a highschooler and I see my peers talking about these things still. My generation may not be as well spoken as past generations but we are just as upset
Thanks so much David! I graduated from university in the summer of 1968. As bad as things are now it was a lot worse in 1968. The war tore the country apart. Difference is this is a worldwide financial crisis caused by a virus, (we're being told). 1968 was a spiritual crisis caused by so many young people being effected by death. Vietnam war killed over 50,000 American boys. That was the stat you saw on the news every night. One chant was, "Hey, hey, hey, LBJ, how many boys did you kill today". Johnson announced in about April, "If nominated, I will not accept, if drafted I will not run, if elected I will not serve". The Democratic party was in chaos. I was a supporter of Senator Gene McCarthy who was opposed to the war. When he withdrew, I worked for Bobby Kennedy. When he was assassinated I gave up on the country and never voted again until Carter. He was a decent man, but the deep state just ground him up. My first impression of Reagan was, Hollwood actor, nice guy, but no substance. Then I found out he was truly a man of principle. I had kind of the same impression of President Trump. But the day he came down on the elevator that all changed because he would talk about unpopular things that needed to be fixed. Later I saw that he was going to at least try to deconstruct the deep state, our only hope to save the country. We better not blow it. The biggest fights are still ahead and they are moral and spiritual, not financial. Press on Patriots with whatever weapons are required.
I’ve been binge watching this channel. I’m a mid twenties millennial and honestly am shocked at the similarities between that era and the current one. I’ve seen some good comments on how the boomers did really well vocalizing what the problem was at that time. I think our issue (millennials+gen z) is that we can’t quite put a finger on what our dis satisfaction with life stems from. I think part of it is that our generations lack critical thinking skills and dialogue about any political or real world issues. The dialogue just never was there until this past year. I think issues are coming to light now and people are starting to give name to it. The wealth gap in our society being the main one. The shrinking middle class is finally manifesting
@Z S RE: "The shrinking middle class is finally manifesting[.]" The shrinking middle class is something that has been going on since the '80s, at least. I was there; I saw it happening.
David Hoffman should be put on the trending page
I never seem to make it there.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
Wouldn't that be nice? He's not shallow enough.
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Well, today, your NYC Union video made it to my recommendations. Thank you for your work!
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker perhaps overt cleavage in a thumbnail ?
I'm so confused....what does the media allow now ????
1968 was a time when this country was exploding with tension, love and the war in Vietnam.Our need for peace harmony and justice was challenged by the status quo.The assanatinations of MLK and RFK was evidence of how sick this country was full of hate.
I can certainly relate, I was drafted in 1966 and came close to being sent to Vietnam, the 60's were a crazy time. I lost many high school friends, they died for nothing but politics.
Richard Young what do you remember the most about the 70’s? What city were you in back in the 70’s?
Richard Young My husband joined the Marine Corp in 1969. An older friend of his returned from "Nam" and told him in no uncertain terms: "DON'T GO!" He and his buddy signed up as Reservists.....they are both still alive,
Richard Young politics? Yes to a point I suppose but if you ask the Vietnamese who indured over 20 years of imprisonments and “re-education camps “ whether our cause was just they will tell you the real impact of a totalitarian, communist regime. The fifty eight thousand plus soldiers whose names are on the Wall in Washington DC died to prevent that very thing. The politicians failed us simply because they succumbed to a very small percentage of draft dodgers and students who wanted to maintain their exemptions. It’s very easy to pass judgment upon something you have not researched to gain an understanding!!!
@@dalegriggs5392 look Dale, not every war america enters is entirely just or even to The United states plan. If you look at the long telegram sent by george kennan which is the basis for containment the goal was not to provent every possible spread of communism but to keep it restricted and let it die. It was not a good war to enter and the reason for staying of "our boys would have died for nothing" only served to have more lives be lost and more villages to be uprooted. This isnt a period to be glorified. We need to understand what happened here. And utilize it to help bring todays america together.
All war is just politics and any death is sad. Im sorry for your lost friends and Im sorry for you my friend. Stay safe in these trying times.
My dad was in Vietnam 68 69 70, I thank God everyday he made it back. Hes my Hero
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” - Mark Twain
History repeats itself, and that's the problem with History_ Clarence Darrow, :-)
lol
Twain nailed it.
Being 24 I'm super thankful for this channel, David. As a history fanatic myself I love to see how society was in our beautiful country before my life started.
I always find myself Watching at least two of your videos per day. Gives me more appreciation for my parents generation and the ones before theirs.
Thank you for giving us amazing content during these difficult times we are facing in the world brother 🙌🏽
just remember the provocateurs in these protest worked for the government governments love unrest and oppositions it feeds their sociopathic personalities
Thank you. It does me a world of good to see yet another person in your age group that gets it. I would love to see more of it. I am 60 years old and always try to keep an open mind and keep my hope raised. You have raised my level of hope. Thank you.
23 here. Silently obsessed with the 70's
I was born in England, 1969 . Since my early teens I became obsessed with everything 60's from both sides of the pond. My fascination still persists to this day , so thank you so much for sharing your amazing archive with us .
I was born in '66 in America but my dad moved the family to England in '68 to start anew. The only job he could get though was w/the American govt and we had to move back in '73. That was a pretty jarring change for us kids, because we were 'English' by that time.
Exact same. Born in 1969 US. I have such a fondness for that era.
It's an endlessly fascinating era. The US in 1960 is so different from the US in 1970 that it's hard to believe that there's only ten years between the two.
England sucks USA is best
@@Ftfwjdndfjw Sad indeed
This video brought back memories for me; I was 18 and protested the Vietnam War. I was concerned for my older brother, who was drafted, plus so many male friends too. I would light a candle every Sunday asking God to protect my brother. I did not want him to go to Vietnam; I heard the war would change their lives in so many ways if they made it back alive. Too many young men died in that war.
God answered my prayer; my brother stayed in Texas for the whole time. He was very smart and knew how to type, so they needed him in Texas. It was a scary time in my life. Thank God for answering my prayers.
Thanks for posting.
My brother was drafted but couldn’t pass the Physical because his leg was really messed up, and he told me that he was so disappointed because he was ready to die for this country ❤️ it’s strange how things ain’t like that much anymore
I worried about my two brothers being drafted and sent over there. I was 11 years old.
The work you've done is extremely important, because of people like you we're able to get a glimpse of what life was like and how people thought back in the day. Thank you for making these videos available.
Hi, I'm 16 and live in the US, on the east coast, ever since I can remember I had always been fascinated by the 60s especially years 67-70 and now more than ever. I watched many films like this on youtube, I want to thank you for letting us watch this gem, being sooo relatable during this time.❤
Thank you so much for your comment. I have told one other young person the .sane thing. You also have raised my level of hope. I am 60 yrs old amd seeing what I have seen thru the years it can be difficult to maintain hope. But somehow I manage. And you have raised my level of hope. As long as their are young.people who have your outlook there is hope for the future. Thank you again. So much. You will do great things I am sure.
@@storyteller1749 thank you for your kind words
Find as many different sources as you can. It is hard to find material that is not biased towards the Left. I lived through these times, and what I read almost never reflects what I saw and remember.
The world HATES America
Today your 20 years old..Stay blessed 🙏❤️
In the words of the Doors "Strange days have found us, strange days have tracked us down. They're going to destroy, our casual joys."
Yeah I'm afraid were in for it
We live in interesting times which is a saying that Asians use to mean "not good times"
Those lyrics have been on my mind lately.
Corn Wallace
Yeah, I remember that song. Man, I'm old.
You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve listened to that song this year!
Awesome I’m not the only one. 🤗
I was born in 1968. Interesting how the fabric of society was being shredded so soon after a time of prosperity in the late forties and fifties. Thank you for the history lesson..
There was prosperity in 1968..war in Vietnam kept money flowing. Everyone drove American manufactured big cars, gasoline was dirt cheap about 25 cents a gallon, groceries were cheap, rent was cheap. Many bought an they were available a house with the GI a bill or FHA. Mass Building of subdivisions. Manufacturing almost EVERYTHING in America. I was radical and thrifty bought 1968 a VW bug. 3.00 worth of gas lasted me two or three weeks. Bought a nice little house in 1972 with an FHA 7% rate loan. Very little money down. 😊 I was born before 1968. I’m a boomer since early 50’s Jobs were plentiful. I lived and grew up thru the 50’s and 60’s. College tuition in your own state was reasonable 12 hours less than 100. O0 books included if you lived at home. Remember minimum wage was around 65 to 70 cents per hour.
1968-1969 was the boom and 2020 is the echo so many similarities. These films are a treasure. I am glad you uploaded them.
@@donalddrysdale246 Yeah, it has really twisted into something else. Who knew that something as little as a face covering could be so powerful as to pit people against each other. It really brings the divide of the country to the forefront, every single day.
Watching in 2024. I lived through 1968. I was 11 in 1968. I think now in 2024 the country is as messed up as it was in 1968 if not more.
But the country didn’t get quarantined and shut down for months.
The thing I see is that the young people saw a problem and rebelled, but were able to somewhat poignantly explain what they had a problem with.
The young people today, and I myself am under 40, see a problem, yet they aren’t able to verbalize what that problem is.
I mean you see young people today railing against a materialistic society while watching Kim Kardashian. Or rallying against media dishonesty, while believing some other dishonest media. stuff like that. I’m not attacking millennials. That’s just what I see
The problems have not changed. We're saying the same things the young people in 1968 have said.
Everything has gotten worse since then. Corporations own our government, and they both own us. Every time we try voting for someone who will fix the problems, they rig the election.
All Hail Stan I think you are looking at that fake news this guy was talking about.
Well now theres a lot of social media, technology and other platforms for people to argue on rather than in person. Technology and internet are great tools, but the masses dont always utilize it for actually making change
As a 20 year old, the way I see it is that they are fed that information and really don't know understand the message behind it. It's the education system killing critical thinking.
@@autumnreed2079 I wish there were way more people your age that think the way you do. I wish there were more people of every age that could think for themselves.
I graduated from high school in 1968. Went to nursing school. I got married Dec 1969 after my fiance got drafted. He went to Vietnam Jan 1971. Was wounded a month later. I had a disabled husband by the age of 21. Jesus was my rock and my savior.
Walked through domestic violence, divorce, being a single mom, unemployment, being homeless, living in a group home for women. Jesus brought me through one day at a time. Now, at age 70 and retired... I live a frugal life in a safe environment. God is good !
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After the great sadness that life wrought upon you, ma'am... I would be even more certain there was no god. This opinion may horrify you, but it is better than believing a supreme being was deliberately punishing me for some reason.
@@effyleven
Omnipotence - God is all-powerful - everything consistent with God's nature is possible.
Omniscience - God is all-knowing, of past, present and future.
Omnibenevolence - God is all-good/all-loving.
Omnipresence - God is present everywhere.
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John 1:5 “This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, in him there is no darkness at all.”
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Psalms 54:4 “Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.”
Thank you David for showing this footage I was only five years old in 1968 my parents are no longer living although I know this has happened before from history I have nobody Old enough in my family left to remind me that we’ve been through crisis before and survived.
I love your avatar!!!
Vietnam changed my life by 90 degrees. To this day I find extremely strong resentment of it.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I coulda sworn that this was a film made today
You can't even get young people to vote now.
@Linda Casey, I can't agree more. I watched this video and was surprised by how much I related to the thoughts expressed in this video. As someone born in 1996, I've never been able to feel this kind of solidarity with an older generation. And yet, when I look in this comment section, half of what I see is people failing to understand the current generation of young people. What Confrontation asks of it's audience is to listen to the voices of the most disadvantaged, of the heart of protesters, to the young people. We are echoing the voices of the past because, as a society, we still refuse to take these voices seriously. Thank you for your comment.
@@haleyellis7939 My ol' grand dad (1920s) used to say when my mother (1940s) criticized my generation (1960s) that EVERY generation's elders criticizes their youth and every younger generation rebels against their elders. It's built into the fabric. His parents criticized him, their parents criticized them and so on. Remember this when you get to be my age and you catch yourself shaking your head at the younger generation. And believe me, you WILL. 😁 Enjoy your youth while you have it honey. It's over before you know it. 💖
@@LindaCasey Absolutely. I'm only 18, and while I certainly often disagree with older generations and don't like their grasp on my life, I also find myself losing hope in society when I see the thoughts and actions of my own generation, especially those outside my interest/peer group.
We're all human and we're built the same way, no matter when you were born. There will always be parents and children, and instincts to fight for your beliefs. Society has always been controlled by human instincts and always will be. So the best we can do is not get stuck in our own heads.
Thanks for the wise words!
@@christianingmarkjlsvik7872 Be that change you wish to see in others. Pay it forward
I was 16, then 17 in 1968. I dropped out of high school and kinda thought we might not see 1970. I can't tell people what a crazy time it was. Fortunately, with the help of some adults, I calmed down, went back to high school, got a job and car but it was touch and go mentally for a few months.
Thank you for sharing your story! If you don’t mind me asking, do you remember anything of the 50’s. I love to hear stories from that decade
You are so brilliant. I grew up in St. Louis and graduated high school in 1969. I started protesting after Kent State and joined the students at Washington U when they were going to burn the ROTC building. My dad drove a tank in the Battle of the Bulge and he drove my 3 girlfriends and me to the protest. He said your makeup looks, great girls. Stay in the back. Meet some nice Jewish boys and here's 20.00 if you need a cab. I graduated from an all-girl Catholic school but we were rabble-rousers, unlike the kids from Webster Groves. We had lifelong family friends that lived on one of the greens at Webster Country Club so I was well aware of that. So this might be my pitch for same-sex education through high school. Patriarchy was not on our radar. I love that. I just love and adore every bit of documentation you have created of those times. Your insight and perspective are just great. Thank you!
It's so interesting listening to and watching people getting interviewed 50+ years ago. Thank you, David!
My parents, Boomers: "I can't recall a time where America was so divided among partisan lines."
Me: "...Now wait a damn minute."
my dad said the same thing
They were sleeping in the American dream. They were sheltered.
Very true. Alot of us have the silly illusion that the 60s were just real life extensions of " Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best".
Unity is overrated. Division is the natural state
"I can't recall a time where America was so divided among partisan lines."
Ghost of Abraham Lincoln: "You don't say?" 🤔
I was but eight-years-old in 1968 but I recall the turbulence, I remember Kent State in '70. Nothing's changed much.
1968 can be summed up by a song released in 1967:
There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there, Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn. Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds, Getting so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat. A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs. Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's s time we stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid. You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound, Everybody look what's going down
And it's somewhat relevant today
I, agree Reb, the words are true, in '68+'20🤔✌️😎🇺🇸, stay safe
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I have kept those values. Jesus and all major prophets throughout history believed in The Golden Rule.
"They hold the fuses, and a relentless fire burns in their hearts." Wow, that is so beautifully put!
I was born in 1975 so this makes me Generation X. Baby Boomers have been my elders, teachers, mentors, religious leaders, and managers for the past 45 years. I try not to come from a place of bitterness towards them as I may have thought exactly like them if I were alive in 1968. I can only say what I know to be true. What I have witnessed from this generation both inside and outside of the church as a whole from the 1970s onward is this: Multiple failed marriages, struggles with addictions, depression, anxiety, more rat race materialism, and messed up children. Even as they tried to do what is right, even as many desperately tried to follow Christ. One would think that the prior generations who lived through 2 world wars and a Great Depression would struggle with such things. But instead this is the outcome for a generation who was raised during the "good life". I am not blaming them for this. I just feel this has been a phenomenon relatively ignored for the past 50 years and deserves more attention as to why this is. Maybe healing could come from being honest about it. Thanks for a great video.
Well what could married people do except have so many children?! The Catholic Church rammed it down their throats to keep having children non stop, at least that's what was going on here in Canada in the '40's, '50's, '60's and '70's FOR SURE.....
donald drysdale thanks for your reply and the things you wrote. I understand what you are saying. So many good people out there, but so much oppression by the elites, and so much abuse. I don't blame anybody nor am I affiliated with any particular religion. I agree there is much corruption and self interest. I am simply a Jew who believes in Jesus and I believe in Him because I resonate with the belief that the battle is not of flesh and blood but of spirits and principalities, and the hope I have in Him is that this battle has been won. 1967-68 were pivotal years for the USA in so many ways as well as for the rest of the world, particularly the Middle East. It was then I believe the spiritual battle ramped up a notch. I agree wholeheartedly with you that we should be careful not to disrespect older generations because of the demons they were battling at the time. Life could seem so pristine and proper, but the battle we can't see may still be raging full force above. Now, today in 2020 the battle is even more obvious. My hope is that this is because we are even closer to victory. "Those who are humbled shall be exalted". I often don't do a good job of taking my own advice and I find myself anxious a lot. Nevertheless, these words I repeat to myself comfort me, and I hope they do also to anyone who reads this. God bless.
Even tho there was racism, sexism, inequality and competition in all the prior generations in America, the social norms let people conform. For better or worse, everybody knew what was expected. There was more free reign to do things. People valued initiative and independence.
Less laws for some things, which was both good and bad. Kids went out and played unsupervised. Could get into mischief or get hurt. Could also make a few bucks selling newspapers or - the black kids do shoe shine.
The taboos against social justice perverted initiative into a free pass to exploit the poor, immigrant, marginalized, as per scienctific theories grouping people, women, kids, animals into superior/inferior. Therefore - less rights. Contrasted by churches and other moral folks striving for compassion, decency, justice. Every other person could be the one who is 'out' meaning disenfranchized from the group, school, work, community, family...
So when the idea of people wanting to marry for Love, based on mutual respect and concern for what matters to them - Radical shift.
Advice was to snag a 'Good Catch.' Don't be too picky. Cant attract a man if you appear too smart. Always defer to the man. Make him look good. Women's needs and lifeplan are second to his. It's just as easy to marry a rich one as a poor one...
Btw - Men were supposed to be tough, rough and unemotional. Never cry. Always competitive. Dominating. Only prefer to convo with 'worthy' peers.
Kids weren't people. They tried to turn them into little adults. Animals were like robots or raw material...
Nature is to exploit as the dominant culture saw fit.
This was understood and widespread as the default norm. Of course many men were chivalrous and compassionate. They ignored or had to fight (literally) against those who thought they were 'soft.' A few women followed their callings and pursued dreams despite family protest/disownment. Some people cared for kids/animals, the environment.
So those people became Role Models to transcend a hard and hypocritical culture. The world was a material, mysterious place.
Even now, how does a couple know they are right for each other? How do they make it work? Are children a blessing or a burden? In times past, they needed people to work the farm/help out. Many did not survive. Carry on the family name to be established in the community.
Times have changed. People started to travel - a lot.
No set community. Childcare is a big liability, and no place can accomodate a bunch of kids at today's rental/housing prices. No time for personal and professional development. As well as work/life balance.
Why have a latchkey kid?
No one is there for them. Why would they be there for you later in life? So to try one's hand at the 'Big Experiment' and see what genes get passed? In a gig economy and surveillance Big Data world.
So Gen X, early/late boomers, and Silent Gen had to encounter this.
They were idealistic. People told them to marry for love/social chemistry over money and status. It's Romantic.
But romance is understanding the person, values, morals, etc. Integrity.
And they were also told to - Do what you love, and the money will Follow...But sometimes you just have to do any kind of honest crappy job to create a path to that.
All your parents' had to just go for it and see how to work it. Not much precedent, support. Sometimes resistance from what social circles were still around.
Change and Discovery could be good. But takes wisdom, insight and fortitude to make it right.
It all happened so fast....
Hardly the good life for Americans, there was Vietnam which must have hung heavily over their heads
I was born in 1975 as well. You hit it dead on. We are generation X, the children of the Boomers. We are the product of them. We are the last generation to not have cell phones, social media, etc. We were taught if you want something, WORK FOR IT. The 80s were a great decade to be a child. The Boomers did their best to teach us the right way to live, work hard, and always be respectful. They are a wonderful generation, and I have the upmost respect for them. They did they best they could. And most Generation X's that I know turned out pretty well, thanks to the Boomers.
David Hoffman is amazing person and all of his videos should be preserved somewhere besides youtube for coming generations. Thank you, David for your amazing films!
Thank you as well Martynas.
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David your work, what you've done and continue to document is so important. Thank you.
David, love your work. An obvious difference between then and now is how thoughtful and articulate young people were were back then in expressing their views. You can solve these problems if people talk like this.
David, thank you for this content. We must never forget those who served and those politicians who were responsible!
I might not believe what some of these people are saying, but as a fellow 21 year old, I find that my generation has a problem far worse than this virus going around. The people in this video are smart, intricate, and concise in their words. Beautiful really.
And most of them are still alive right now.
...yes a very astute observation, public schooling was at a somewhat higher level
before the 80's. General education has dummied down your generation in many ways. Our countries leaders believe its far more important to shovel money into
the military than, into the education of its countries future and students minds.
Americas biggest exports.....War/ Diabetes/ Betrayal.
@@hotrox2112 i agree with that, and it is sad to note that funding may not even be the root problem of it all. I beleive it is a systematic degredation of free thought and real science and history. They dont want us to learn. They want us to be obedient workers, with no freedom of thought.
A couple reason for the "articulateness" But first let me point to Greta Thunberg. She's more knowledgeable and just as much a icon today as anyone in the time of this fine film. I'm 69 BTW.
1. After WW2 the US economy was screamin. Nukes, Hiways, Universities, and every consumer thing that could be made, was made all at once, here in the US. The people in the film would be shocked if you told them that we in 2020 mostly wander from one dead end or gig job to another. A totally different conception of lifetime employment, even for the hippy who wants to start a farm or a band.
2. America was completely organized, industrially, culturally, (for "whites" anyway) during WW2. Our leaders needed, paid for, and got a highly educated work force for a tech future, but, and this is hard to see, also to overtake or keep up with the USSR, who had equal or better education.
1. and 2. no longer exist! Everything's made in China and our economy is almost purely military and consumer. Who needs an education? Just a few do. The US economy has always produced the people it needed (from slave to well educated tech worker gone hippy). It isn't cultural drift, its economics.
@@donalddrysdale246 i agree with most of what you said. But i'll disagree on one point, and that is that our government was always oppressive. Our founding fathers may have been freemasons, but our constitution at the time it was made and even today was written to free man of big government control. To free the people of the world of authoritarian laws regarding all things. Even still in 2020 the united states in all of its problems, we have people from all over coming here with the intent of liveing in the freest country in the world. We could fix our problems if we took the globalist lobbyists out of government, ended the welfare state, and let capitalism be capitalism and not bail out failing businesses or banks so that we may free up resources for other oppotunitys. At this point that seems unlikely.
This was amazing to see! The narration (both style and wording) was so interesting. Thank you, thank you, Mr. Hoffman!
Thanks David. When I was 7 or 8 in '74, '75- My Family and myself were worried that my brother would possibly have to go to war. He was 17 at that time- but the War ended in '75.
I’m grateful for your efforts to share your work, which documents our nation’s history-especially after your tremendous loss in the fire.
Hi David , I have read much about 1968. The assassination of both RFK & MLK & the horror of Vietnam was so much to handle. So much division , like today. Here we are over 50 years later. Hope we keep hope alive.
Thank you for sharing history with us. We truly need to preserve these priceless videos. I am very grateful that we have you to share this with us. Sending some sunshine your way from Tucson 🌵Arizona.
I love your channel
All of this has happened before... and it will happen again.
Thank you Mr. Hoffman for preserving this documentaries to see in this present time....
We had a Christmas dinner in 1970 and I was 11. I remember my uncles drank a little too much and were teasing my cousin who just came home from Vietnam about his hair being too long. Well one thing led to another and there was a fight with the Irish. My mom forbade Christmas at our house for 2 years. These were terrible times. Much worse than today.
Good-on your cousin for sticking up for himself.
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Even if those times were worse than these times, the present is certain to catch up soon. Back then, most of the heavy alienation was amongst college students and coloured people. Now it is mostly across the spectrum. People are figuring it all out, and they are mad as Hell in direct proportion to how well they understand.
Thanks,, David. These are treasures and it is most kind of you to share with us. My wife was born in 1968.
“It’s not revolution. It’s evolution”
Duane Allman
David, your videos are beautiful. I am extremely grateful to have came across your content. Your work serves as a portal into the past and will continue to do so for generations to come. The world needs people like you David, thank you
We lost Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy in this year. In April then June. Yes, a very tense year.
Jacqueline Kennedy was close to brother in law Bobby after JFK was shot & killed. Seeing Bobby get shot and killed 5tears later rocked her to the core. She felt they were after all Kennedys including her kids. Two years later she left and went to Greece and married Onassis. She wanted to protect her children.
Im so glad you exist! Your old films are invaluable and always nice to watch. Thank you
That took me back to when Bobby Kennedy was taken out, and his mournful train crossed the entire grieving nation. May he and his brother's death be not in vain.
If you watch and listen carefully to upcoming events, his death, along with JFK and MLK will be honored by a truthful explanation and the perps will be exposed. The good people never gave up - they just got very quiet.....for a while.
@@edgregory1 When the time is right, all the truth will be told.
I still believe. DEEP IN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE, WE SHALL OVERCOME ONE DAY #THATDAYISHERE
@@donalddrysdale246 Agreed
Thank you so much sir! I can't express to you what your videos you share have meant to me!
Glad to hear that
Only a month after this was posted; George Floyd, protests, excessive force. It looks like the country is about to divided again. It's sad how much and yet how little things have changed
Auntitifa and BLM must have watched the beginning and thought 'let's do that".
It’s equally amazing how we have allowed ourselves to be duped by the government and how we’re jumping to their loops. Nothing much has changed except we could change the scenario now that we know that this is our fourth flu outbreak Since the 1920s. Time for us to wake up!
@@rosebarnwell6016 wake up and do what???????????????????????????????????????????????????
+@@Bob_Shy_132 No such thing as ANTIFA only Timothy McVeigh Fascist gun nuts who blow up 168 people.
@@Bob_Shy_132that's a really crappy thing to say or even think. Or are only certain lives considered of value to you? Missed the concept of what this country is about and what it was founded on.
This channel is one of the best on UA-cam ✊️
It's amazing how people still pontificate with phrases like "kids today" as if they don't sound just as clueless and close-minded as the people who once referred to them that way.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss...What people don't tend to talk about is that most "hippies" were rich brats who had the option to sell out when the movement died. Most of the talking heads from the baby boomer generation seem have forgotten the entire experience of the '50s thru the '80s or have chosen to ignore it for personal gain. It's just a crumby circle of willful ignorance.
We WERE kids. We didn't have a clue about life, just as kids today. I REFUSE to be preached to by someone still on dad's dime that think they know a better way. I've been to the other side of the world, I've lived in places 99% of today's youth wouldn't want to be 1000 miles from. I've buried my parents, I've had mortgages, insurance and car notes. I've had to decide between rent and food. Decide between one or two toys for my kids birthdays. Life is easy when you know absolutely NOTHING about it.
@@Seenya59 I'm Norwegian, and our elders left us with universal health care, universal college education, a robust social safety net, and much more freedom from the worries you describe. We understand why young Americans are pissed off
@@magnusalexander2965 You also live in a country with half a population that's half that of the metropolitan NY area, and very little social, racial, and educational strata. Very easy for a country to provide lots of safety nets when everybody works and everybody contributes. Get off your high horse dumb dumb. You're comparing apples to oranges, I assure you Norway is ultimately no better than the US. And certainly without the US, you'd be speaking Russian.
It's also amazing how self righteous, petulant, pious, sanctimonious, hypocritical and ego ingratiating the youth of today are, as if they're any different from the hyper political kids of 52 years ago. And guess what? By '72, radical politicism was completely out of style, and hippies completely irrelevant. I predict the same for the asinine prattlers of the 2010's...this abysmal decade is drawing to a close very soon, I assure you.
Thanks again David. I love to watch what you share. This story in particular makes a lot of sense.
This generation painted my face as a child. I was born on the last day of woodstock at the time Jimi Hendrix was playing on stage. I was a child of hippies in SF. Much of this scared me because I did not understand yet however my parents explained and taught me Love. Thankfully I did not know what racism even meant until around 15 years of age. People were just people to me. Either you were loving and kind or not. In time I found out how mad the human race was. I'm still greatly saddened by it. We get what we give in his life. Think deeply on it because it has eternal ripples.....ripples...ripples....ripples....ripples.....ripples...ripples....ripples..ipples.....ripples...ripples....ripples..
@@juliaannegrider5734 LOL! Wavy Gravey!
@@donalddrysdale246 Fear is what took the German peoples souls and humans potential will never cahnge. Most are cowards and will take the life of others so they can survive themselvesTey can't see themselves for who they really are. Not this kid. Creepy serpant society has always been strong among us but Love will always win and the earth will one day be peaceful forever..Just wait and see..
@Huncho Don Anytime my brother and much love wherever you life takes you!
@Huncho Don :)
My Mother was born in 1968. Thankful to get an insight of the world she was born into.
I was born this year. In many facets I think people, based on the ones interviewed here, were more articulate and self-aware than people are today.
thank you for the films Mr. Hoffman!!! I am an 18 year old from Atlanta ga and i just love these. Getting these snippits and snap shots of real life and culture is so valuable. it's always one thing to read about time periods or political climates on some pages but to watch and listen to real people and their real words is invaluable. THANK YOU and please keep it up!!!!!
Wow Even the druggies sounded more intelligent than most youths today
and the old people are still just as passive aggressive
@@oldethangoogleacc8484 thanks for proving my point bruh
Which ones are the druggies in the video?
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Yes, we are. I put my generation, 50 and over, in the older camp, and many of us lose perspective on youth. I reel with astonishment every time I see an older person use the same tired stance of insulting the current youth culture as if they were dropped on their collective heads. It happens to every generation and will continue because not everyone has the introspection to see the pattern and break its cycle.
ethan miller cmon toilet seat licking tied pod eater you can come stronger than that
So glad to havre found your channel! Amazing and educational. A real treasure trove. These films resonate with truth today, Thank You!
More of dynamic commitment! I’m not a Christian and feel we can each raise up to our current situation w/ or w/o Christ. Inspiration as a whole message. Thank you once again 🙏🏼
Idk though. Because America got its roots from things the Bible made possible... might consider that. Theres no dancing around that fact.
I was 17, a sophomore in high school with poor grades, my parents said I had a choice , buckle up with school or be drafted , I knew I needed disciplIne , I opted to go to military school , it structured me in a way that allowed me to succeed in life ! All I can say about 1968, it was the best of times and worst of times !
For most! I was at Dong Ha Combat Base from Jan 68 to Jan 69!
09:17 - Profound. "Whether they get together or not is irrelevant. Change will happen." Pure Truth. Baby Boomers have always had the courage of their convictions. I am a Gen-xer and remember my parents and their peers speaking deep into the night about these, at the time, current affairs.
Boomers are reactionary, they make plans and do them immediately. They were trained to act.
No, Baby Boomers talked a good fight. Then reality hit in the '70's. That easy job they thought they could get disappeared. Their muscle cars disappeared under the weight of the Arab oil embargo. Their communes proved the value of capitalism. I lived through the whole thing, and my views were shaped by what became of the '60's 'rebels'.
"I think the biggest area of hypocrisy is the fact that everybody tends to accuse the other person of being hypocritic, but denies it about themselves"
FACTS
Wow, I had no idea it was this bad. I was born overseas the end of 1967 so we didn't really see any of this! Thank you David!
AmericanPatriot, “this bad”? It was also wonderful. Yes, there were problems, but there was also a great awakening to making this a more loving, caring society where people matter more in society than the previous rigidity of simply accepting what we were told to be, think and do. It was a whole new world of intellectual, spiritual and creative pursuits, allowing us to think for ourselves and make decisions for our own lives.
@@kgs2280 Hey everyone, this guy didn't actually disagree with the person they responded to, so you can ignore everything they said.
Love your videos David . God bless you and your family.
if they were worried about church attendance back then, they’d be shocked now. looks like that crusade was a failure.
They are shocked now, but also, it seems as if it was inevitable, especially on the west coast. The easy coast was as always more traditional until maybe 911.
I'm addicted to your vids! Glad I found you Mr. Hoffman :)
A good addiction say I
Tough year on a personal level too. In January 1968 my 17 year old birth mom conceived me. Her Dad told my 21 year old birth father to leave town or he would kill him. In September 1968 I was put up for adoption. Five years later after Roe v Wade I would have been just another statistic. In the midst of all that turmoil I made it out alive thankfully. So did the country. And hopefully we will again.
I’m glad I was born in 1954, or I could’ve been a statistic too.
So profound!
God bless
Funny how you give all the credit to women not having any control over their own bodies, and you have no appreciation for the people who adopted you. I wonder why that is?
@@sunkintree Why do you assume I give no credit to the people who adopted me? Probably because you’re a moron.
I'm really enjoying your work Mr. Hoffman. I really appreciate your videos. Thank you. Great Job! J
And then life happened. We "got some and wanted more" to paraphrase Saul Alinsky and got absorbed into the system. I was taught to believe that it was each generations job to leave things better than we found them. My boomer generation generally failed that task which has been the greatest disappointment in my life.
I couldn't disagree more on the last sentence. I think your generation has for the most part realised on many levels that life is not as simple as "bla revolution bla, anti capitalism bla.." My generation however (Millennial) and thereafter are living off the economical gains that the Boomer generation has made and think they are a lot smarter and that they have all the answers. They want to tear everything down and they think "The government will pay for everything". They are lazy, stupid and arrogant.
I agree. My parents are boomers. It seems as though anything that was considered traditional had to go. Family, church, clothing, gender roles, I could go on. What bothers me about this video is that these people are now in charge and the current shit storm we are in, I attribute to them. And the group as a whole, are very conservative!
@mVP You're seriously denying that the boomer generation made economical gains? I'm not saying they did that because they are such great individuals- if anything they have had it much easier than the generations before that- obiously after a devastating world war. But they made something out of it. Millennials on the other hand are just whining all day long- even thought they have it even easier.
@@nobodymister5435Oh many hippies were middle class actually and then moved onto becoming CEOs and money hungry in the 80s, yeah these people rebelled but they’re just like us GenZer’s and the previous youngsters, the millennials. Boomers saw what was happening and grew their hair, protested and did dr*gs and literally made love, and hitchhiked across the nation living in vans, though ofc not all were like that there were many hippies who even till this day still are hippies and haven’t changed their stance, views, morals and values. Then there’s the ones for a war and government and those were usually the conformists who valued the morals and traditions of their predecessors, who stood for Jim Crow, who thought Vietnam was an intervention to prevent the spread of communism to reach further. That was your boomer generation in the 60s, they saw the downfall of Do-wop and the rise and stardom of the Beatles in their early teens/childhood, continued the old morals and traditions, and by their late teens/early 20s ended the decade with political unrest, a war and draft, divisions… And then they became what they swore they wouldn’t. And we too will get there. It’s the way our species was made to be. However our younger generations are too scared and brainwashed to do anything both are sheep. So yeah history will rhyme again
Thanks for all the great videos Mr. Hoffman. You are a very nice man.
The USA was heaven compared to what was going on in the Cuba, USSR, Eastern Europe under the Soviets and China under Communism and Mao. A broader picture of history would be apropos....
Duh because the us is best
God BLESS THE USA...MICHAEL
@@Ftfwjdndfjw It's certainly the country with the highest opinion of itself
@@magnusalexander2965 you're too kind! I wish I had that much control
Thanks for all of your videos and work. What you have is something revolutionary. Your videos will live for the future to see.
thank you Christopher. I am hoping.
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These young people back then, seemed to had given a lot of thought to the human problems. Over the decades...more "me, myself, and I" along with materialism and mainly, the Internet, has made many today just "totally lost".
Good video for us all, David. Take extra care in these days of COVD19.
These 'kids'' are the Clintons, Sanders, Trump, Jerry Rubin, Ruth B G, Biden, Jane Fonda; the OLD People of today...Look at the wonderful world they and their children have raised today......BTW I'm in this Baby Boomer generation, and often ask 'what happened"?
watch century of the self by adam curtis
They didn't fundamentally change the institutions they rebelled against. Some may have been well spoken, but were as disorganized and unfocused as Occupy.
Thank you David,
As many of us who were born in 1968, I am aware of the furious social climate during that time. For me personally, your film work really adds a great significance and depth to that awareness. Bravo.
I feel like times have changed but the sentiment of the people remains the same
donald drysdale I think American society is systematically blindfolded by mass media in more ways than just the phone. Our education institutions no longer believe in pledging allegiance to the flag (which keeps us united), our police force is hated by a large number of the population due to biased publicity or ingrained stigmas. I think our separation is linked to more than just modern day media. Our history (which is why we are the most diverse country... a land of opportunity) is taken for granted and unlearned from. Look at the Democratic convention of 1969 or the Presidential debates of the last decade...Not much has changed. In short; think people would rather listen to their emotions rather to reason.
There’s much to be said about mask wearing and it’s effectiveness. I agree it’s burdensome and lacks finding yet wear one at work. Why do I wear what I hate? I wear it not as a sign of conformity but rather as a sign of compliance. As a way for me to pay my bills really. Truthfully, I think the saying ‘When in Rome’ applies...As someone who works in Retail, I’ve seen and experienced customers unwilling to abide by our stores code. I think many people fail to understand that somethings are the way they are because the corporate industry would rather not be held liable should a supposed outbreak be linked to the store.
Yeah 🦆 the masks and 🦆 the political division. America seriously needs to calm the 🦆 down.
Thank you, Mr. Hoppin, for another wonderful opportunity to become enlightened. You are such a tremendous person and such a tremendous filmmaker. If I live next-door to you, I would be your very best friend.
Typo error Mr. Hoffman! You’re the best
Both my parents 1955 and 1954 grew up in Brooklyn, NY. I’m obsessed with the 60s. It just seemed like an amazing time. Plus Pink Floyd and the Beatles. Lol. My mom was a disco queen. She said her and her friend had a motto only dance no romance. They wouldn’t drink either for fear of being drugged.
Yes, that’s how we did it, only dancing, go home and go to work next day. Taking care of ourselves
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you continuously post the most interesting film pieces, Mr. David ! thank you for sharing your mastery and your body of work with all of us here..... we appreciate you!
What goes around.......comes around........the more things change--------the more they stay the same. The ebb and flow of human nature and understanding. It will always be so.....
truly, there is nothing new under the sun.
Brilliant videos as always David. Thank you.
I was born March 1968...my mom was pregnant at a young age while in senior high...
She had a somewhat strict upbringing. I guess having me was her way of rebelling against my grandparents :)
Thank you, David, for having the fortitude to show this video. I so want to be the soldier Christ saved me to be.
I wasnt alive at the time but my dad always used to say '68 felt like the whole world was ending. War, riots, assassinations, general angst. He told me todays divisiveness, although terrible, doesn't seem as all encompassing as it did then.
Tazzman25 He’s right. I was there. I’m 69 and it was so bad that it has prepared me for all today’s woes.
Great post as always, Mr. Hoffman!
I'm endlessly recommending your videos to friends of mine. They're really rich and reflection fuel!
Much appreciated.
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Excellent film! People never change, do we?
I have to say thank you sir, your wisdom & perspective on the issues presented are truly priceless in such times. You are very much appreciated ❤️
I find it funny when people say the old days were a much simpler time or the good old days. Are you frigging kidding me?
they mean 1950 not 1960 and 1970
This was mainly in large cities and on college campuses. You never saw this stuff in smaller towns and rural areas. It was a much freer time then, too.
@@saabab1474 What I wouldn't give to hide under my desk in fear of nuclear annihilation
Most of America was not living though the tumult. Hippies, beatniks, militants were a minority, only that media amplified their reach; just like today.
I definitely grew up in a better America. I was born 1965 to young to remember the division he is showing.
What a great channel. I'm very glad I found this, thank you David, for opening up a candid dialog between generations.
Thank you for this blast from the past, David. I remember 1968 extraordinarily well. Why? The first part of the year was filled with images, on network television, of nightmarish film footage, like the little Vietnamese girl, naked, screaming and running for her life, being chased by a shower of napalm! Every single night - reports of death and horror, caskets draped with American flags and horrific photos of innocent villagers. My mother, a devout Christian who was blacklisted in the 50's for union organizing, suddenly snapped off the TV. one evening. Her face was covered with tears and she said: I can't stand to watch this anymore.
When Summer came I heard reports from my father, who was on the Chicago Fire Department, of neighbors in the inner city throwing bricks at the firemen as they tried to put out the fires, blazing in their own neighborhoods. Firemen viewed themselves as the heroes of the people and this insane reality blew their belief system all to hell. He loved those people and risked his life for them. He could not understand WHY?
Finally, school started. It was my Senior year of High School. When I met the girl assigned to the locker next to mine, she was off balance and troubled. I learned that her father's business, in the inner city, was completely destroyed. Everything he had worked for all his life was gone.
The film presents Christianity as a solution, but it was not working. The dissenting voices were reacting to the platitudes with no real solutions. Many older people agreed with the young revolutionaries. But, soon all of us had our American spirits crushed by government - chiefly the CIA. They murdered JFK, MLK and Bobby, and infiltrated our institutions. We WERE DEFEATED......but now comes 2020. What's different? The people have taken control of information through the Internet. Many revolutionaries who could not let go of the idea that no one can take our God-given rights, delineated in the US Constitution, have been planning to end domination of the few evil ones over the 99%. We finally identified the source of the evil that we couldn't understand back then. The entire planet has had enough. We are hunting them down and dragging them into the light of day. Life in the time of the Corona virus is about rebirth, redemption and renewal. Before the end of this glorious year, we will have our beautiful mother Earth back in the control of the gentle people. Call the evil ones Cabal, or Deep State, or Illuminati, or Mafia or any number of titles, but the horror they put on this place is ending. The world that the Hippies dreamed of is coming, THANK GOD!
Leslie Parsons I liked reading the piece that you shared with David. But I am a Christian and Christianity is not to change this world no matter what ideology man lives under it will never work because it’s ran by man, And things will always probably get a little bit better before they get worse and I believe Bible prophecy is true that in the end and it’s getting close to this it says in Revelation you won’t be able to buy or sell unless you have the Mark of the beast and anybody who takes the Mark of the beast will be doomed look up our redemption draws nigh
@@TrustMe55 I said that my MOTHER was a devout Christian. I was raised with Christian values but while I have a deep and abiding relationship with The Creator, The One, The Great Spirit, I do believe, from years of intense research on many religions, that these organizations will crumble in the harsh light of day, which is coming fast. The story in Revelation is either a worst case timeline or simply a Cabal wish list that will not happen. The religions will crash and burn very soon. I will watch and cheer. People of the TRUE God will never take the mark of the beast. God wins....look around.
I have never given up.
Growing up, I watched a lot of Scooby Doo and loved Shaggy as a character. One day my dad jokingly dismissed the characters as "Just a hippie", to which I asked, "what is a hippy?". He never gave me a straight enough answer, or at least too complicated for my young mind to understand, but his implication was surely negative. These videos help me relate to and understand the context that gave rise to the rebellious youth of the 60's. Thank you for your work, David.
1968 in October i was back from Vietnam and out after serving 4 years in the US NAVY. It was definitely a different world from 4 years before. I was married and had a son. Time to get a job and plan the future. Tragic events would shatter that plan. Here we are in 2020 and more changes and tragic events. Who can make plans. Life is what happens while we are making other plans.
Welcome home!
Wow! This was *not* the direction I was expecting it to go. Great stuff!
Thank you for sharing this. History is largely lost on a post literal generation. Maybe seeing the video will remind them that this isn't new and there are lessons to be learned from the past.
I am so glad I came across your channel
3:43 Oh God, the fella looks like he came straight out of a Monty Python sketch
LMAO
Life of Brian
"You a goer? Eh?"
Those students' thoughts were eerie to listen to over 50 years later.
I find this really interesting. I’m a highschooler and I see my peers talking about these things still. My generation may not be as well spoken as past generations but we are just as upset
but we are just as upset.
True. Every generation wants to separate from the past generation.
I needed to see this. Thank you.
I'm watching this from two months in the future, and HOOO boy, did shit get even crazier.
So for you its still August. Huh... Just wait.
@@storyteller1749 I feel like that's gonna just be a running theme from now on 😂😪 you think shit's bad now, just wait.
Well it's Feb 2021 now a yikes 😬 bidens president
@@jory703 and an imposter one at that.
This is a powerful video. Thank you David Hoffman!
Thanks so much David! I graduated from university in the summer of 1968. As bad as things are now it was a lot worse in 1968. The war tore the country apart. Difference is this is a worldwide financial crisis caused by a virus, (we're being told). 1968 was a spiritual crisis caused by so many young people being effected by death. Vietnam war killed over 50,000 American boys. That was the stat you saw on the news every night. One chant was, "Hey, hey, hey, LBJ, how many boys did you kill today". Johnson announced in about April, "If nominated, I will not accept, if drafted I will not run, if elected I will not serve". The Democratic party was in chaos. I was a supporter of Senator Gene McCarthy who was opposed to the war. When he withdrew, I worked for Bobby Kennedy. When he was assassinated I gave up on the country and never voted again until Carter. He was a decent man, but the deep state just ground him up. My first impression of Reagan was, Hollwood actor, nice guy, but no substance. Then I found out he was truly a man of principle. I had kind of the same impression of President Trump. But the day he came down on the elevator that all changed because he would talk about unpopular things that needed to be fixed. Later I saw that he was going to at least try to deconstruct the deep state, our only hope to save the country. We better not blow it. The biggest fights are still ahead and they are moral and spiritual, not financial. Press on Patriots with whatever weapons are required.
I just found your channel and I absolutely love it! Thank you David for doing all these videos.
Thank you Steph.
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I’ve been binge watching this channel. I’m a mid twenties millennial and honestly am shocked at the similarities between that era and the current one.
I’ve seen some good comments on how the boomers did really well vocalizing what the problem was at that time. I think our issue (millennials+gen z) is that we can’t quite put a finger on what our dis satisfaction with life stems from. I think part of it is that our generations lack critical thinking skills and dialogue about any political or real world issues. The dialogue just never was there until this past year. I think issues are coming to light now and people are starting to give name to it. The wealth gap in our society being the main one. The shrinking middle class is finally manifesting
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RE: "The shrinking middle class is finally manifesting[.]"
The shrinking middle class is something that has been going on since the '80s, at least. I was there; I saw it happening.
Where are hippies now they're the ones with the boots on our necks how ironic things are exactly the same
Thank you again, Mr. Hoffman. It was a time of a lot of prayers being said for our country just like now but separately together.