I looked up the book on Amazon and read the reviews to get a sense of it (I think they were fair reviews). But having lived through that period, I think the author is failing to distinguish between a socio-cultural standpoint and a political-ideological standpoint. Most of the malignant manifestations and trends came from the cultural and political left, not from the generation as a uniform whole. The truth of this can be seen in the perpetuation of bad policies and trends through following generations. If they were only generational, they would pass like fads---but they have not. They have become worse with each subsequent generation. (As Exhibit A, I would present Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, fresh as a spring planting.)
Now, on that point, I have to wonder. I went to university in the late 60s and early 70s, at the tail end of the free speech / hippie movement. Saw plenty of the types on the street and elsewhere. Patchouli oil was the "smell of hippie." Their political outlook was primitive at best. But I also saw plenty of the radical revolutionary types---very vicious and deranged---who dressed alike but were really out to wreck and kill (no kidding). To be fair, I don't really think they had much overlap with the main line of hippie-dom. There were some political types that looked like they could have been hippies, but their behavior was more consistent with being on drugs: essentially impossible to have a rational conversation with them, they were so wound up and anxious. So, maybe there was an overlap in the dope-and-drug department. ("Hey, man. Let's off the State!" "Right on, dude!")
There is no mystery in the Masters of the Universe (so thinking of themselves) being jackboot-steppers. It is just an extension of their political agenda. I think (and hope) that most of the hippies moved on and decided to live peacefully in the shadows.
But I also saw plenty of the radical revolutionary types---very vicious and deranged---who dressed alike but were really out to wreck and kill (no kidding). To be fair, I don't really think they had much overlap with the main line of hippie-dom.
Yep, those are the hillary clintons & fauci's of the world....THOSE are the boomers who are the literal fascists in our midst.... exactly.....
Sorry / not sorry, but there's a LOT of toxicity in the boomer generation.
So much so that someone wrote a whole book about it:
https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Sociopaths-Boomers-Betrayed-America/dp/0316395781
It's on my to read list...... Yes there definitely are lots of amazing boomers - like Trump!!! - but there is a LOT of toxicity in them too..... A LOT
I looked up the book on Amazon and read the reviews to get a sense of it (I think they were fair reviews). But having lived through that period, I think the author is failing to distinguish between a socio-cultural standpoint and a political-ideological standpoint. Most of the malignant manifestations and trends came from the cultural and political left, not from the generation as a uniform whole. The truth of this can be seen in the perpetuation of bad policies and trends through following generations. If they were only generational, they would pass like fads---but they have not. They have become worse with each subsequent generation. (As Exhibit A, I would present Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, fresh as a spring planting.)
Ah, that is a very good point..... I haven't YET read the book, so can't speak to that exactly, but based on reviews.....sounds plausible.
It's definitely ironic that some of the "hippie-est" of the boomers have turned into literal goose-stepping, jack-booted nazis / fascists......
Now, on that point, I have to wonder. I went to university in the late 60s and early 70s, at the tail end of the free speech / hippie movement. Saw plenty of the types on the street and elsewhere. Patchouli oil was the "smell of hippie." Their political outlook was primitive at best. But I also saw plenty of the radical revolutionary types---very vicious and deranged---who dressed alike but were really out to wreck and kill (no kidding). To be fair, I don't really think they had much overlap with the main line of hippie-dom. There were some political types that looked like they could have been hippies, but their behavior was more consistent with being on drugs: essentially impossible to have a rational conversation with them, they were so wound up and anxious. So, maybe there was an overlap in the dope-and-drug department. ("Hey, man. Let's off the State!" "Right on, dude!")
There is no mystery in the Masters of the Universe (so thinking of themselves) being jackboot-steppers. It is just an extension of their political agenda. I think (and hope) that most of the hippies moved on and decided to live peacefully in the shadows.
Yep, those are the hillary clintons & fauci's of the world....THOSE are the boomers who are the literal fascists in our midst.... exactly.....