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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by linksnapzz on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:30PM (#34616223)
I can't find the citation, but legend has it that as CA governor, Reagan was in his limo, and was surrounded by protestors in Berkeley. They were chanting "We are the future!" while pounding on the windows of the car.

Reagan got his notepad out, and wrote "If you are the future, I'm selling all my stocks!" on a sheet of paper, and held it up to the window for them to read.

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by nebula8804 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:59PM (#34620574)
But that makes no sense. Didn't Reagan win due to an outpouring of support from the Boomers who at the time were those young people?
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by linksnapzz on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:44PM (#34630256)
Hahahahah. No. He won b/c he annoyed those people, to the delight of their parents.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by nebula8804 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:24AM (#34662736)
Looking at the demographic breakdown it certainly seems like he got most of the boomers(and their parents). The boomers were in their 20-30s at the time.

[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_coalition

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by linksnapzz on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:23PM (#34672023)
He was governor of California at the time; twelve odd years later I suppose many of his critics had grown up…
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