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.....
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.....
Which brings me back to the point that it wasn't a generational thing at all. It was an ideological thing. No generation lacks these bad examples.
Hmmm..... I suppose that could be true....