Posted by adavis on February 25, 1998 at 16:25:30:
In Reply to: Re: An interesting pattern posted by Hunter Brooks on February 24, 1998 at 19:05:03:
: : : Okay, this might just be my cynicism, but I see them more as a
three generation. In the sixties, it became fashionable to seem
hippie-ish, it was cool to be subversive- but then when that fell out of
fashion, and it became important to accomplish things and be successful,
that is where they moved. In the eighties many of the same people who
were the cool hippies voted for Reagan and made tons of money. These are
the same people today who drive their SUV's around town, gobbling up a
buttload of gasoline (because it looks so cool) and wax nostalgic about
how radical they were years back. Pure speculation on my part, probably
asinine, so feel free to shred it. Hopefully any ex-hippies out there,
the real ones, understand that I mean you no harm.