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The Generational Swindle (Part 1001)
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Berkeley, where pot smoking was a basic civil right in the sixties, has banned drinking in the fraternities, turning its sights on demon rum in the hands of the wrong kinds of students. Berkeley: Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, but watch out for Carrie Nation, Big Brother, and Big Sister. How would that have sounded during the Revolution?
“Hey, Mario Savio and you kids from SDS, put down that beer or get busted!”
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