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The Mental Prison Break
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Begun mainly in the experiments of the 1960s, modern liberal freethinking adventures have far surpassed the breadth of Western Civilization’s four other great mental prison breaks: Ancient Greece, the Judeo-Christian ethical revolution, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. In addition, three of those brain gains reached only a few million intellectuals. Judeo-Christianity was the amazing exception. But thanks to modern media, at least aspects of the brain break of the `60s may have reached almost as many people as Judeo-Christianity.
For instance, explanations of the fall of the Soviet Empire include either the Cold War wars,
the Russian lost war in Afghanistan, Solzhenitsyn’s books, or Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars and words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” But others suggest that at least part of the cause was The Beatles’ White Album featuring the hit single, Back in the USSR.
The song of course is only a symbol representing thousands of other freethinking cultural exports
of the 1960s. Compared to the drudgery of Russia, Western Europe and America’s freewheeling lifestyles and art may have been just too inviting and exciting.
In addition, liberals are not only liberating ourselves but are dragging along, kicking and scheming, conservatives. African-American Colin Powell was Bush Jr.’s first Secretary of State thanks
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