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pp. 213, “Can revolution and anarchy be good for you? Did the protests of the 1960s lead to a new American freedom? This author bravely says ‘Yes’! The great power of the Baby Boom generation was felt a decade earlier when this group was still in diapers: America’s economy was energised by the needs of this massive influx of new citizens. As the Boomers grew, their numbers demanded more schools and teachers, graduating to a new awareness in America’s colleges and universities as the largest generation ever to flex its political and social muscle. While many conservatives seek to downplay the 1960s as an overpublicised time of drug-induced sexual irresponsibility and fruitless demonstrations, nationally recognised journalist and commentator Jeff Riggenbach passionately demands that we re-evaluate the social and political significance of the time, and the revolutions of thought that it inspired.”In Praise of Decadence” shows how the perceived social weaknesses of the turbulent ’60s actually demonstrated that it was a seminal decade which sparked a demand for individual freedom among the broad-minded Boomers.”