New Left Vs Vietnam War

Humanity constantly evolves and learns from previous mistakes, but only for a short while. Speaker Amity Shlaes stated, "Nothing is new, it is just forgotten. Everything we contemplate now, has been contemplated before… We just do not remember or choose to remember." By reflecting on the Sixties, as was done during the third Center for Constructive Alternatives, one is able to halt the cycle of "forgetting" and instead grow as a logical being. By reflecting, one chooses to remember, and therefore, if enough members of a society choose to learn from the past, then a society or country will grow and become better for future generations. The term "reflecting" refers to more than just contemplating however; it encompasses one's understanding

The New Left gave rise to an interesting political opinion that was not that of the Communist Party per se, but one that did greatly support the ideology of Carl Marx and Leon Trotsky. It also incorporated those, as spoken by Peter Collier, "whose only ideology was the feeling that America had given them everything in the world but meaning." The members of the New Left rejected both communism and capitalism, and in turn, focused greatly on Civil Rights and slowly began to transition focus to the Vietnam War. The New Left brought with them a certain amount of dissatisfaction for what the United States stood for, the same feeling experienced by many Americans now, just some now carry different ideologies for what America should

A moral lesson drawn from analyzing the New Left is that one must understand the beliefs of America to understand the gifts the nation gives us. The New Left rose due to dissatisfaction of how the nation was being ran, and they vehemently protested the Vietnam War, only to see that when the United States pulled out of Vietnam, more people were killed in the first three years of the Communist Regime than the thirteen years of anti-communism war. The New Left ideology teaches us now the importance of liberty, and it serves as a warning against listening to arguments not based around facts. The New Left had gain such a massive influence over society during the Sixties because they used persuasion without evidence and convinced the masses that they were right. This too serves as a moral lesson to always search deeper for the Truth, and if it is not found, do not be persuaded. This lesson is by far the most important to today, for as one becomes more aware of corruption in today's society, one grows as a rational being. This moral lesson is also evident in the sexual revolution, for many believed that with the introduction of the pill, abortion and pregnancy rates would greatly decrease. This of course was wrong, but because many took that statement at face value and did not search for proper evidence, the nation now sees a much more open