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Now, years later, I still have trouble when I think about Chicago ('68). That week at the Convention changed everything I'd ever taken for granted about this country and my place in it... Everytime I tried to tell somebody what happened in Chicago I began crying , and it took me years to understand why... Chicago was the End of the Sixties, for me.

Hunter S. Thompson#49

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The 1968 Chicago convention ended the author's faith in the country.
In plain terms
Chicago 68 ended my faith.
What can you take from it?
Historical events can shatter personal beliefs.

Where it applies

  • protests
  • political conventions
  • generational shifts

Putting it to work

  • processing historical trauma
  • understanding activism

Questions to consider

  • When did your beliefs change?
  • How does history hurt?

Another view

Not everyone shared this loss of faith at the time.

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