The Golden Age of America, the period post WWII, was taken out behind the proverbial house and beaten by the coming of the Counter Culture Revolution of the 1960s. Everything that the “greatest generation,” built and quite literally defended was thrown to the wind by the next generation without a second thought. They were able to free themselves from the shackles of society so easily for various reasons, including: affluence, leisure time, easy access to literature, and higher education. These topics have been touched upon far too much for me to mention them in my paper, and I will save you the boring read. The real question is, why? Why after being handed everything, why after being groomed for this new world where America was at the head of power, why would they throw this away for a system that was unproven and idealistic? The easy answer would be that they were tripping...hard, but surprisingly it was way more complicated than that. Two stories are presented......

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Title: Exploring Post-War Economy Through The Graduate And Easy Rider
Approximate Word Count: 1464
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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