Very true. Two words: Mass Media. Television, newspapers, radio, magazines, music, etc. Underground media also. Counterculture media. Everybody everywhere was immediately made aware of anything anywhere. The left and right coasts now had current awareness of each other. England and the States picked up on each other’s changing cultures. London mimicked San Fran and L.A. There was a mass worldwide coming of age.
Very true. Two words: Mass Media.
Or as Howard Beale put it: “Mass Madness”.
Just look at the difference in styles between January 1967 and December 1967.