Why The Sixties Were An Odd Time

The sixties were an odd time. They were a time of changes, and a time of revolutions. Everything changed all the time. Everyone wanted something for them to change all the time. Though, that’s true of all times. When people are pushed, they pull, and when shoved, they shove back. Life is a chain of reactions to the reactions of the people around us. The sixties were a special set of reactions, though, because they were reactions to world-changing events: for the first time in the world, the people back at home got to really see what was happening during a war; the discovery of the dangers of radiation; the pressure to meet perfect the standards of suburban life; man’s first step into space. Of course, there were the usual small pushes too,