" I think Putin is more of a uniter than Trump the divider is that he is ruling over the Russkies who are a very different people than the Americans."
I was being sarcastic. What I meant was that Putin has succeeded in uniting people all over the world against Russia. Trump, on the other hand, has not succeeded in uniting the U.S. electorate against Trumpism. He still has his cult following even after all the shit he has pulled since he lost the election.
About that other thing: What the Hippies and the January Sixers had in common is that they both gathered together in a mob and worked themselves up into a frenzy over their ideology. This likely induced the illusion that they represented a solid majority of the general public. When you're surrounded by thousands of people all screaming the same slogans, it tends to give you the impression that everybody is of the same mind. The thing is, everybody is not participating, just a relatively few people compared to the country as a whole. While it's true that the Vietnam War eventually became unpopular, that probably would have happened anyway. Indeed, it might have happened sooner than it did if those protesters hadn't pissed so many people off by obstructing traffic and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves.
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