"The first can be described as chronic passivity in relation to the stream of life. Part of what it involves is dependence, a willingness to let chance or the conduct of others determine one's fate, a blind confidence that some provision will be made for one's survival and welfare.”
“The second, irresponsibility, freedom from obligations”
- Hans Toch, Professor of Sociology
I quite enjoyed reading this earlier in the week. The first impression I got was to wonder what ‘that feeling’ must of felt like during the ’60s when war was occurring but people still flocked annually, during summer to San Francisco to take recreational drugs and party.
I sometimes took it upon myself to imagine living in a world like that currently. No wars, no violence, just absolute freedom. But of course we would still have to deal with world issues like racism, hunger in Africa and the homeless.
It’s disappointing to understand that there are so many people around the world with money and power to change and develop the place for the better but don’t, only to strengthen their own personal gains/ends.
If someone came up and asked me, “Would you consider living with a hippie?”
I wouldn’t hesitate to say yes and agree.
Naturally I would expect that home to hold morals such as unity and peace.
Indeed hippies did manufacture and begin a cultural revolution, but they were still simple people with common ground to reach.
That’s my belief, for a higher society to work we need peace.
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yeah, you know, the hippies had some decent ideas. i think the most admirable thing about them was their willingness to defy social precedents and live a completely different lifestyle. our culture needs to be challenged by people like that.
My mother, in her day, was quite the hippie. She had the whole stereotypical long brown hair, and she even tells me experiences of her attempting to escape to San Francisco as a teenager. I've always admired her way of simple beliefs, and careless spirit.
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