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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours 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. And acid.

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

Real fucking shame.

And don't get me wrong, the music was fucking awesome. I just wish there was more substance.

Interestingly, this made me think of George Harrison talking about visiting San Francisco in, I think 1967. He was struck by how vapid it all was.

However, he turned to spirituality instead of rationality.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

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