This was championed by LBJ in the Sixties. It meant enforcing Civil Rights in the South, something they had refused to do for a hundred years. LBJ, who was an expert in working with Congress, passed legislation that provided for this (over strong opposition from the South). And then he enforced it, by calling out the National Guard in each state. People from the North also assisted this effort, and some of them were killed in the process.
LBJ did this, because he did not want to be seen as a Southerner, when he was running for election.
Then, something amazing happened - Americans decided they didn't want a Great Society, after all
- and had the Vietnam War, instead.
What happened here? Two patterns were evident - the desire to punish the South, and then the desire to punish Communism.
The desire for a Great Society was easily forgotten.
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