“If you want to bring a fundamental change in people’s belief and behaviour…you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.”(Gladwell, 2000)
The Sixties was a chaotic time as the world sat facing raging wars, political and international conflicts. The sixties were a dismal but revolutionary era that resulted in many assassinations, and deaths but also brought about a widespread wave of social movements and rebellions, unusual music, drugs, experimenting and sexual liberation. Social movements that demonstrated and protested for equality between men and women for many reasons. It created a reformation of the societal values of the 1950s that would have a lasting impact on our history, diversity, hope, and cultural change. Moreover, the sixties brought a popular culture of music that caused generations and a whole decade to be influence to change by influential music that promoted and represented the attitudes of society at that time. As different ideals, and beliefs began to emerged ranging from Feminism, to Civil Rights, Gay liberation…show more content… One the positive side, the counterculture movement brought about a revolutionary change of different ideas and perspectives being accepted. It resulted in different styles of music emerging mostly importantly rock and roll and it brought the idea of birth control and right to abortion. However on the negative side the counterculture movement resulted in an increase of drug addictions in youth, increased of sexually transmitted diseases and an increase in crime rate. Nonetheless, the counterculture as mention in the quote in the beginning by Malcolm Gladwell. It created a community were people could express themselves, their opposition peaceful, harmonious and united which ultimately resulted in a change. A change that has had a last impact on history and will continue to impact our history going
