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09. BEAT The Status Quo

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2.   Conservative America : A brief summary of the goals and ideals of the burgeoning post war middle class of America, and the new problems they never anticipated. As middle class child in the 1960's I was a just a kid totally oblivious of the upheavals going in in post-war America.  But looking back in time it is a fascinating journey to examine the development of our modern way of thinking, we all take for granted today. In this section I will explore the progression of events that led to the popularization of the Beat poets literature in a society that was diametrically opposed to the radical ideas they espoused.  In This Blog:  1. My Experience as a Baby Boomer growing up in Africa. 2. The differences: Well we lived in Africa. 3. We were middle class  suburbanites. 4. The real "Inconvenient Truth". 5. The Status Quo. 1. My Experience as a Baby Boomer growing up in Africa. Whilst it is true that I grew up in Africa and not t...