[...] the 1970s bombing campaign also originated in leftist impotent fury. As in 2016, in 1968 the American left realised they had lost. Ordinary Americans rejected the left and elected Richard Nixon. Love and peace quickly gave way to the violence of Chicago, Altamont, and the Manson murders.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...