The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. Hippies and the Left either attacked institutions or, in Timothy Leary fashion, chose to “turn on, tune in, drop out” from them.

The current revolution is much different—and far more dangerous—for at least three reasons.

The current Left has no intention of “dropping out.” Why would it?

It now controls the very institutions of America that it once mocked and attacked—corporate boardrooms, Wall Street, state and local prosecuting attorneys, most big-city governments, the media, the Pentagon, network and most of cable news, professional sports, Hollywood, music, television, K-12 education, and academia.

[Sixty years ago, the “revolution” was fought against what was supposed to be a reactionary and intolerant establishment. At the end of it, what did we get? An even more inflexible, reactionary, and intolerant establishment, only this time controlled by the revolutionaries. Once again, the wisdom of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has proven prophetic in its last couplet: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” — Ed]