Quite an interesting read, especially his point about only wealthy nations
producing hippies.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
A Stephen Gaskin Retrospective:
The Sun Magazine | The End Of A Sixties Dream?
http://thesunmagazine.org/issues/467/sixties
Yep, also interesting were the observations about the generational change there
being on the backside of self-interest and communal welfare. Sounds a lot like
the Icarians as they fragmented communally. Or Amana Society too coming upon
their great re-organization.
[Icaria communalism in its
I appreciated his distinction between a system of absolute financial
commonality, and one built on a common purpose but with economic distinctions
possible, between members. I didn't mind making $25/mo. in my twenties, for a
couple of years, and glad I did it, though that would not have been
