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"As…Negroes fought for entry into American society,[the Beats] passively withdrew from the surrounding nation… [they] listened to poetry readings,listened to jazz,… opted for poverty,refused to be anchored down by family obligations,and developed a literary style marked by run-on,stream-of-consciousness sentences… The Beats rejected straight society. Overthrow it-its morality,its patriotism,its family structure,its capitalism,its Christianity,its taboos… Socially alienated and ideologically inarticulate,the Beats represented radicalism of the cultural rather than the political.
Daniel Flynn,A Conservative History of the American Left,2009
-The methods of the Beats,as described in the passage,demonstrate

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The passage describes how the Beats chose to express their dissatisfaction with society through arts like poetry and jazz, and even developed a distinct literary style. This shows the role of literature and the arts in movements for change. The passage does not mention communication challenges with a specific generation or the limitations of political reform movements in the Cold War, nor does it imply the decline of nonviolent protest as a means for reform.

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