Charles Manson's Sixties

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Charming, persuasive, and intelligent are adjectives to describe the most notorious American criminal of the nineteen sixties: Charles Manson. Conversely, these are common traits seen among many criminals throughout the United States within modern society. The only difference being the era in which Manson used Helter Skelter to rule with fear over American households. Manson was only successful in his quest for fame because of the liberal turnabout during this time. Drugs and free love are the new main ideologies of the sixties that gave Manson ground to indoctrinate the American youth into his cult. Marijuana, LSD, Heroin, Methamphetamines is the drugs on the street that are quickly transferring hands throughout America. The New age hippies

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