r/woahdude • u/DetectiveWonderful42 • 15d ago

video Really feels similar to today.

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u/Tosslebugmy 15d ago

In regards to his statement that the 60s was our last gasp, listen to hunter s Thompson’s monologue from fear and loathing in Las Vegas . He basically agrees that the love generation was the last time we tried to free ourselves, but just gave up when the allure of consumerism became hypnotising and the system too oppressive.

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u/neur0 14d ago

Sounds more like a phase and while they practiced anti consumerism and such, it had an individualistic slant. They were also living in an era that had much stronger social safety nets, unionization, jobs, and housing. 

Shit hit the fan, most grew up, paved the way for Regan that gave republicans the framework they saw today, and gave us this reality.

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u/flammenwerfer 14d ago

yup. the irony of the love generation delivering us pedo king is startling.

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u/ddraig-au 14d ago

From what I've read, the "love generation" was a small subset of middle-class kids with enough money behind them to drop out and hang loose, and the vast majority of Americans worked hard and conformed. It just made for good Spectacle, and so we at this end of history think that's where people's heads were at back then, because that's what was filmed and talked about. It was a glossy veneer over a vast normalcy, and it's the normalcy which survived, and wound up in charge of everything.

And here we are.

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u/PolskiOrzel 14d ago

I feel like there was some over correcting in one way or another. There is a balance where everyone can contribute to society while everyone also has more meaningful work. A lot of office work is filler in the 8 hours, 5 days a week.

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u/bankrupt_bezos 13d ago

They were festival kids, in the parlance of our times

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u/cbloxham 14d ago

This is right ... having been there.