I don't think we'd see a return to those days.
The hippies of that era were raised largely by hard working families and in a sense they lived in a broader culture that wasn't afraid of doing the hard yards and getting its hands dirty.
The modern phone-addicted snowflake is not the same creature as the weather-underground member of yesteryear.
Add to that the Orwellian levels of security we have now? Starting a radically violent left wing movement would either fizzle or be crushed. God forbid they launched a successful attack, the right is not comprised of the same "let the system handle it" types of the 60's either. I would not put it past small teams of motivated veterans not to wipe out these organisations at their next annual meeting.
The hippies of that era were raised largely by hard working families and in a sense they lived in a broader culture that wasn't afraid of doing the hard yards and getting its hands dirty.
The modern phone-addicted snowflake is not the same creature as the weather-underground member of yesteryear.
Add to that the Orwellian levels of security we have now? Starting a radically violent left wing movement would either fizzle or be crushed. God forbid they launched a successful attack, the right is not comprised of the same "let the system handle it" types of the 60's either. I would not put it past small teams of motivated veterans not to wipe out these organisations at their next annual meeting.
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.