re: Did It All Start with the Hippies?

I think it was broadcast television that created the environment for growth of competing and divergent paths of societal issues.

I wasn’t old enough, but have heard about the uproar over television showing Elvis dancing and that it wasn’t appropriate for TV and mass consumption. Broadcast allow a few groups to cast their thoughts/actions to many others and it spread from there. It was no longer contained to a town or region.