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SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That doesn’t fit a hippie
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Turns out a lot of hippies were just there for the vibes. They just wanted to get stoned and listen to good music.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It doesn’t fit your idea of a hippie or even my idea of a hippie, but there it was.