USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow
The University of Southern California's move also comes after the school was criticized for canceling the valedictorian's speech.
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Protests are important, but I also encourage and hope that young people who care about the world become lawyers and politicians
Protests like these are often what politicians' lives are built on. These students will be seen on the right side of history, and to have the conviction to be jailed for it? That would get my vote.
Most importantly, I hope they don't sell out and become shameless capitalists like all the fucking hippies did.
Nah not all the hippies did that, we just don’t hear about them because it’s not them in power. But some of them are!
The hippies were a tiny minority. They were called the counter culture for that reason. They never had a chance to make an effective larger change, because there just weren't enough of them
Even as few as they were was enough to be a major factor in the creation of neo-conservativism in retaliation.
Or mindless capitalism.
Also because their lifestyle wasn't conducive to a long life...
My parents are in their 70s and 80s, as are their friends. The ones that overdid it with the drugs may have shortened their lifespan, but there were/are plenty of earthy/crunchy hippies that never even did more than smell weed. My mom and her friends were/are some of them
do you know lawyers and politicians? I've known a lot in my professional career.
They do not care about anyone but themselves.
Some lawyers in particular do, but they aren't the ones making tons of money.
Most politicians also care, but most are local.