Some of us who lived through those turbulent 60’s realized that Professor Reich’s “new head” was really the same old Biblical head, full of sin, deception and greed. Some never figured it out. Today, they are old Democrats and their children.
With yesterday’s recent wins, the much more conservative factions is starting to show up.
I think he called it "Consciousness III". IIRC, his "Consciousness I" was the spirit of the pioneers (and 1776), "Consciousness II" was the "other-directed American" of David Riesman, et al., and "Consciousness III" was what turned out to be the omphaloskeptical Me generation of the Sixties.