Seems some folks here don't respect opinions and have a hard time with stated facts. Instead of refuting, they attack - perhaps that takes the place of thinking in their minds??
At any rate, I was 19 years old in 1966 - and was spending my time sittin' in a very hot and humid climate in someplace called "SouthEast Asia" (hell, I didn't even know that Asia HAD a "southeast"!!).
To compare the America of that time to the nation today is at the very best fraught with peril. Just for fun, some here might find it interesting to "google" population breakdown, US, 1960 thru present...just to take a look at the demographics.
I dare say that the Vietnamese population in the US in '66 was miniscule compared to today....not to mention "spanish-americans" and illegal aliens.
Nope...while the name was the same....the country was very very different....and those differences are mirrored in the current state of social welfare and the makeup and attitude of the present political scene.
To compare the America of that time to the nation today is at the very best fraught with peril
My point exactly. We remember; a lot of people here...don't. You have to be 50+.