Why does Forrest Gump add a lot of politics?

In order to promote: As long as you persevere, you can achieve success. This was the "American spirit" when the United States was founded.

We must first understand the political background in which this film was shot. Everyone knows that the United States is a country of immigrants. After the founding of the country, people from all over the world expanded their territories in the then impoverished American lands and realized their American dreams with their own hands.

After the end of World War II, the new generation lost the energy and fighting spirit of the older generation, and promoted individuality without being pragmatic. Many young people appeared who were just waiting to die. Therefore, this generation was regarded as The United States at that time was called the "Beat Generation", and "Forrest Gump" was filmed during this period, an era when old American values ??and new trends of thought collided.