15-08-2013, 04:41 PM
Yeah Peter i have been asked from time to time about what happened to the hippies and the spirit of the 1960s. I reply that it wasn't just a matter of a fad that went out of style although that might have been part of it.
It was three things.
1) It went out of style
2) There was a active covert and overt attempt to crush it
3) People had kids and a lot of people that had kids had to adopt a straight appearance and life style to be able to hold onto jobs to support those kids.
The Kennedy assassination should have shown people that the covert attempt to crush the left was very powerful. COINTELPRO, Operation Chaos and the other black ops contributed greatly also.
The Beats could have told the hippies what they were in for. They experienced the attempts to exterminate them.
If youve seen Chuck Workmans film "The Source" you know that ultimately the forces of darkness failed to stamp out at least the artistic influence of the Beats.
It was three things.
1) It went out of style
2) There was a active covert and overt attempt to crush it
3) People had kids and a lot of people that had kids had to adopt a straight appearance and life style to be able to hold onto jobs to support those kids.
The Kennedy assassination should have shown people that the covert attempt to crush the left was very powerful. COINTELPRO, Operation Chaos and the other black ops contributed greatly also.
The Beats could have told the hippies what they were in for. They experienced the attempts to exterminate them.
If youve seen Chuck Workmans film "The Source" you know that ultimately the forces of darkness failed to stamp out at least the artistic influence of the Beats.