• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Most importantly, I hope they don’t sell out and become shameless capitalists like all the fucking hippies did.

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      6 months ago

      Nah not all the hippies did that, we just don’t hear about them because it’s not them in power. But some of them are!

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      6 months ago

      The hippies were a tiny minority. They were called the counter culture for that reason. They never had a chance to make an effective larger change, because there just weren’t enough of them

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        6 months ago

        Even as few as they were was enough to be a major factor in the creation of neo-conservativism in retaliation.

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        6 months ago

        Also because their lifestyle wasn’t conducive to a long life…

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          6 months ago

          My parents are in their 70s and 80s, as are their friends. The ones that overdid it with the drugs may have shortened their lifespan, but there were/are plenty of earthy/crunchy hippies that never even did more than smell weed. My mom and her friends were/are some of them