As I listened to some of my sixties folk music I wondered where the idealism of our youth had gone, the hope for a better world? Back then our primary concern was for an end to war and for civil rights for all. Environmental issues were in the mix, remember "Diet for a small Planet" and zero population growth? These were largely fringe issues, though, important to some, including myself, but not most.
Now war has dropped in the concern of the idealists and the environment has risen to the top, shoulder to shoulder with civil rights and our youth are again on the march. They rallied with Bernie Sanders, they marched on the Dakota Access pipeline. They decry the killing of black men for the crime of driving or walking while black. They support the LGBTQ community. Some may find their activism naive but I applaud their passion.
I give Trump credit along with Bernie for stirring them up, they give me hope for the future.
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