The Hippie Movement was likely created by CIA drug ops. There's a civil rights activist (forget his name, he was portrayed in "Forrest Gump" as the guy with the American flag shirt) who was quoted (paraphrasing here) "we were gaining momentum then suddenly we were flooded with all these morons who were obsessed with sex and drugs. Where did all these hippies come from?" Feels a lot like how Occupy Wall Street was quickly infiltrated by the identity politics types within a week to derail it and distract the public from the actual message of the movement.
Yes. I have known that for some years now. Found about it because, as said, I thought the hippies were stupid even as a teenager, so I'm afraid I was kind of looking for confirmation about that for years. I don't remember where I first ran across that theory anymore.
And I thought they were stupid because they mostly seemed to be focused on behaviors that destroyed things which had worked well enough for generations, not on building something.
The Hippie Movement was likely created by CIA drug ops. There's a civil rights activist (forget his name, he was portrayed in "Forrest Gump" as the guy with the American flag shirt) who was quoted (paraphrasing here) "we were gaining momentum then suddenly we were flooded with all these morons who were obsessed with sex and drugs. Where did all these hippies come from?" Feels a lot like how Occupy Wall Street was quickly infiltrated by the identity politics types within a week to derail it and distract the public from the actual message of the movement.
Yes. I have known that for some years now. Found about it because, as said, I thought the hippies were stupid even as a teenager, so I'm afraid I was kind of looking for confirmation about that for years. I don't remember where I first ran across that theory anymore.
And I thought they were stupid because they mostly seemed to be focused on behaviors that destroyed things which had worked well enough for generations, not on building something.
That’s an Abbie Hoffman quote