satt comments on Open Thread, May 12 - 18, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: blacktrance 12 May 2014 05:23:47PM 3 points [-]

What were the equivalents of marijuana legalization and same-sex marriage 20 years ago? 40 years ago? Etc. And what policies did young people support that weren't enacted?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 12 May 2014 06:00:15PM -2 points [-]

Nuclear disarmament, Non-Aligned countries, decolonization of Africa, ending the Vietnam War, and stopping the red scare witch hunts.

Comment author: bramflakes 12 May 2014 08:18:58PM *  -1 points [-]

One of these things is not like the others ...

Comment author: satt 13 May 2014 12:20:42AM *  2 points [-]

Ending the Vietnam War? Although young people in 1969 reported being more likely to sympathize with anti-war demonstrators' goals, they were generally less likely to call the war a "mistake", at least between 1965 & 1971.