03-14-2020, 08:35 PM
(03-13-2020, 05:02 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(03-12-2020, 07:38 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: That song, (Gentle on my Mind), although not really thought of that way, was popular smack-dab in the middle of the hippie era when free-spiritism was very much in vogue. Sometimes I think we could usu a little more of that today. Am now in my 70s and still would like as little responsibility as possible. Depressed that most of the bills never seem to go away. Probably won’t be able to retire until death, even though I never had substance abuse issues.
Yes, it was more the norm to be a free spirit during the last awakening. It went with the times. When you were young, a member of a band (such as those who wrote the song) and had not yet put down roots, it was easier. Boomers have sunk roots since, generally. I sympathize with the seeming ugliness of some of those roots. Persistent buggers, no?
Should I chime in here, "free spirit" means to a child "unknown chaos / danger". I am so glad and thankful to the gods for Strauss and Howe's concepts, it helped me understand WHY I felt so alienated and under-protected as a child.
It's also enlightening how Prophets had the world to claim for themselves. A healthy infrastructure, parents who adored them, every material thing they could want (NEED was a given, WANT is the operative word).
^^ this is a generality. But it works.
Then, when they were finished shitting on everything I just mentioned, decided to "put down roots" as you say, and then here we are in 2020 - living in essentially their world - and things have been falling down through my entire adult life, no one can agree on how to move forward on anything, and America wonders if we can even survive until Summer.
It was all about them. Their visions. Their ideology. It still is. I recognize America needed them to overthrow a stale culture. I can't say The Doors shouldn't exist. But their use is over. Please just die already. Self-impose that you will no longer vote or involve in politics if you can't do the latter. Admit and recognize YOU are the problem right now. Whether you call yourself a color or a side or a movement.
You are not here to change culture. Your time for that is over. Now, we need inner change you cannot provide.
please opt out