The hippie movement was coopted by the elites early on, which is why they stopped talking about economic justice and focused more on concepts like “free love”, “equality”, drug use, and other cultural focuses.
Those hippies (namely Steve Jobs) later went on to define our current Big Tech industry.
Meanwhile, when a strong leader arises who starts to sound a little too much like a socialist (MLK Jr.), the state murders them.
It’s a bit of a divide between women and men though. Young men are turning to the right because of manosphere sort of influencers while women are turning more to the left. It’s quite depressing to see young men being pipelined into the alt right
Shame that whole “peace and love” thing didn’t catch on
The hippie movement was coopted by the elites early on, which is why they stopped talking about economic justice and focused more on concepts like “free love”, “equality”, drug use, and other cultural focuses.
Those hippies (namely Steve Jobs) later went on to define our current Big Tech industry.
Meanwhile, when a strong leader arises who starts to sound a little too much like a socialist (MLK Jr.), the state murders them.
I think we forget that the peace/love hippie generation is the same one that’s been leading America for the last 30 years.
I think we forget that generations aren’t monoliths but rather the product of a pluralistic world.
I still hear “don’t worry the old people will die out” as if young people can’t be morons and don’t vote, say, far-right
Yeah, it’s funny (🥲) too since younger Zoomers are even more right wing than Boomers…
Citation needed
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2023/11/gen-z-most-conservative-generation-radical-youth
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Generation_Z
https://unherd.com/2020/07/are-the-jordan-peterson-generation-of-zoomers-turning-right/
https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-changes-political-divides-2019-7?op=1
It’s a bit of a divide between women and men though. Young men are turning to the right because of manosphere sort of influencers while women are turning more to the left. It’s quite depressing to see young men being pipelined into the alt right