• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 hours ago

    How did “the 60s” create the Manson family?

    We’ve had literally countless (often more) grisly and bizarre murders since Manson. No reason it should be any more notable.

    But I guess giving it some kind of mystical import helps you make an argument

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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      The idea that the entire country was on the razors edge of a “race ware” in which the “coloreds” were going to topple American society was very much a product of the media in the 1960s designed specifically to terrify the white folks into opposing the civil rights movement and was the founding principal of Manson’s entire plan.