Was Charlie Manson sheep-dipped?

[Myra Bronstein]

The myth of Manson is that he is "the man who killed the Sixties".

Essentially, the official version claims that this svengali-like ex-con took advantage of the hippy ideology of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll to "pervert" innocent young Americans. His Family would steal for Charlie, whore for Charlie, even kill for Charlie.

The official version is like a morality tale: the path of free love, of "turning on, tuning in, and dropping out", leads not to a world of love and selfless cooperation, but rather to murder & wanton savagery. "Something wicked" lies down the hippie path. And its name, both literally and symbolically, is the Beast Manson.
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This is a perfect description of the crafted image of Manson Jan. I suspect he was part of Operation Chaos (and probably MKULTRA) to help kill the sixties as you said.

"See? We tried peace and love in the sixties and it didn't work." In particular, peace didn't work. "Give Peace a Chance" John Lennon said? We did; it didn't work.

Oh and while we're on the subject, we killed Lennon 'cause he was a popular and persuasive peacenik in a war-based society.