--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
[snip] > And I think that the bottom line may very well be > that the Next Generation missed the late 60s. They > grew up in a later, more cynical era in which the > brief sense of freedom and hope that we all exper- > ienced in the late 60s had faded and been replaced > with standard American hopelessness. That's an hilarious [however mingled with sadness], true comment. So they were > better "fodder" for the prudish propaganda and > repressive lifestyles peddled by the TM movement. Not just by the TMO. They became a pliable political tool in the USA, especially for the authoritarian right wing GOP loonies who represent the "me first, fuck everybody else" mentality. And THAT has ALSO shown itself to be the inevitable disastrous failure it could only turn out to be. > > That's my theory and I'm stickin' to it. > > But I'm humble enough to admit that it could > be wrong. The difference between the folks in > the original Beatles wavers and the later Merv > wavers could simply be that we were smarter. :-) Or that we were willing to take the unconventional risks necessary to pursue our dreams.
