Stones tour, Beatles record. Extremists commit acts of violence in the name of a higher cause. A Democratic president promises to keep American troops out of a foreign war. Law enforcement officers are compared to Nazis for their handling of extremists. Films and popular music reach new levels of violence and explicit sexuality.
Rock stars die of drug overdoses.
The deep South produces a political leader who uses flamboyant rhetoric to appeal to angry white voters. No matter what you think of their politics, talent, or intelligence, you have to admit that Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Joan Baez, and Warren Beatty look terrific. Television is a vast wasteland. Commentators fill the airwaves and the press with complaints about biased media. The Raiders play football in Oakland.