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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That was a pretty common evolution they went through. My mom was a free love hippie that is now basically a Nazi. She can’t understand why I cut her out of my life.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The hippie to fascist pipeline is real. Their tendency to distrust the establishment means they also fall for typical fascists tactics where they blame the establishment and people in power for all their problems. Like in my country during Covid lockdowns these so called “spiritual” people voted for the blatantly fascist party.

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    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That sounds plausible, but I don’t think that’s the case for my mom. I think she was just going with the trend, trying to be in the “in group”. I can say with 100% certainty a big part of her Nazi transition is the lack of empathy that she has.

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      • MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That doesn’t fit a hippie

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As I said in another comment, it taught me that my father apparently only cared about the aesthetics of being a hippie, but there was never any deeper political ideology or understanding underpinning it.

      I imagine this was the case for a lot of ex-hippies.

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also lots of people became hippies purely to rebel against their parents. Bet many dads back then had untreated war trauma and thus were quite unbearable parents.

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  • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same for my mom. Always a people loving hippie and into crystals and alternative healing, but during covid she discovered telegram and now she votes for the far right and believes in qanon or whatever the latest stuff is.

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    • Jiral@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hippie » alternative medicine » anti-vaxxer » Russian propaganda consumer » nazi

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s honestly fucking tragic.

      But it has taught me that my dad cared more about the aesthetics of the hippie culture, but never actually stood for any real ideology. Just shallow bullshit like music and fashion.

      I suspect this is probably the case for a lot of ex-hippies.

      Real fucking shame.

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I really don’t understand how that shift is actually possible.

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    • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They were going with the flow.

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• Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, there’s the president for one

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