It has encouraged both the old and the young to self-hatred, The author no doubt is on to something here, this would explain a lot about the behavior of the Hollywood leftists, the schizophrenic policies of the Democratic party, etc.
Go back to the sixties? I'd rather have an ice-cold enema.
I was in Texas Tech in the early sixties. I was even in AFROTC. There were no demonstrations, no uprisings and no real criticism.
Most of the students I knew did not like Kennedy, although most were really apathetic about politics.
It was a totally different culture and experience from what many of you describe. It was certainly opposite to what the author described.