In my eyes, the only good things about the ‘60s were the music and the
space program.
And the 1968 Detroit Tigers.
I agree.
Plus, I would add - the golden age of broadcast television.
And to think it was called a vast wasteland then. If that was a vast wasteland what we have now can only be classified as a hazardous waste dump.
I was in the military and an adult in the 60’s and could write a thesis on the era. Much more violence and turmoil than recently. Between the anti-war riots, JFK, MLK, and Bobby Kennedy murders, winding down of Jim Crow, and a myriad of other issues, it was a shitshow. Kent State kind of marked the end of the bulk of it as I recall. Big difference between then and now is that democrats and republicans were pretty much on same team and law enforcement was not held back.