• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Hippies never really had a revolutionary or radical ideology. Some did, but a lot were very individualistic and viewed themselves as breaking away from a conservative, repressive society in an individualized way with no real class consciousness or revolutionary program.

        Plus there weren't nearly as many hippies as the media then or now make it seem, and they were widely reviled by society. The boomers re-wrote history to make the hippies seem cooler than they were so they could claim some of that coolness by association.

      • AssadCurse [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Their stupidity is powerful though, it’s a gravitational field that pulls everything towards it. Within the CPUSA right now there is a struggle between the pro-Brandon commies and the pro-MAGA commies. Truly a stupid, stupid place when even the communists get wrapped up in this dumb shit

    • dead [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I looked at his blog and his posts are full blown nazi. I don't think I would describe him as a hippie.

      • Ziege_Bock [any]
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        2 years ago

        You'd be surprised at how many hippies and crystal aficionados were receptive to QAnon, it's actually kind of a pipeline.

        • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I have a friend that traveled that pipeline. I think she came out of it but maybe she just stopped talking about it so much. Its hard to tell because she was getting it all from her man but her hippy traveling friends would disparage all her sources without attacking her personally. So either she's gotten rid of the reactionary BF or she just stopped talking about it online to avoid the brain twisting.

        • dead [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Every article that I've seen says that he last attended nudist events in 2013. Things he did 10 years ago seems not very relevant to who he is now. His frenworld themed Nazi blog was last updated yesterday and it's still up. The blog is still up, I can still look at it.