Are there certain standards and values that should be accepted - universal values - that have been brought down by woke or conservatism?
“Vibe shift” - from wanting constant liberalization in younger generations back to wanting conservative values.
The US was seen in a very ambivalent manner; The US was simultaneously a symbol of capitalism and all that is wrong with it, but also host to many protests similar to the EU’s, while at the same time pioneering things like sit-ins and teach-ins.
“The System” would hardly attempt to de-escalate the situation, and would act similarly across the world.
1968 as the revolution of intellectuals - public intellectuals and academics would rise as “stars” of the revolution. People like Adorno, Habermas, and so forth
This also led to the rise of the New Left - a consequence of the disillusionment with Soviet communism.