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QUESTION AUTHORITY -1960's anti establishment slogan on a 1979 pinback button
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Description
An originalanti-establishment
slogan button from
1979
QUESTION
AUTHORITY
Size: 1 1/2"with lockpin back
Made in the USA
"
Question Authority
"
is a popular slogan which was
was
popularized by
psychologist
Timothy Leary
.
One of the
most influential icons in the
counterculture movement
which
formed in the late 1960s out of opposition to the
VIETNAM WAR,
Leary gained influence among much of the youth
by advocating the use of
LSD
– which was criminalized in the
United States
in 1966
– as a way to escape from the burdens
of society.
Following the
Watergate Scandal
, which resulted in
the resignation of
US President
Richard Nixon
and the
conviction of several officials in the Nixon administration,
the slogan became an ideology among many
baby boomers
.
The button is in mint condition with no damage or discolorations.
Made by and from the collection of
Larry Fox, "the Button Man" (Member APIC)
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