03-14-2021, 06:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2021, 06:15 AM by Captain Genet.)
(03-02-2021, 02:53 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: True, but the hippies were idealists, as well as hedonists. They had a vision of a society based on love and sharing. I guess it was described in part by John Lennon's well-known song "Imagine" or the Youngbloods' "Get Together". For me though, idealism goes well beyond a personal conception of a noble life, but a vision of what our lives together can be. That often means political, or economic relations, what our cities should look like, or going back to the land and preserving Nature, etc.
Non-violence is a beautiful vision, but it can work only if literally everyone agrees with it. So the sort of idealism which calls for defunding the police and ending all military interventions right now is simply not viable. The idealism of a knight who dreams of defeating the hordes is a necessity.
Quote:Sex is a power within that is creative, motivating and vitalizing.
I have the impression you misrepresent me as a person who is opposed to sex, which is simply false. Sex between people who love each other is creative, motivating and vitalizing. People who abstain from all sex, like Catholic priests, have usually quite warped personalities. Casual sex is another issue. It's normal for young people to give in to their new desires, but mature married people who cheat on their spouses because they no longer get the thrills in bed, usually end up breaking the family, which harms their children. Even young people, if casual sex becomes too easy, may be discouraged from pursuing a serious relationship, like many Millennials did. That's why I'm sceptical of the sexual revolution.
Quote:Drugs included means of expanding consciousness, and used correctly, with proper set and setting, they can connect you with the highest visions and imagination. But they are not for everyone, including me.
I won't risk using drugs, and addicts are a scourge for society. But maybe in my lifetime there will be virtual reality equipment allowing to experience fantasy realms as if they were real. That would have the benefits of a psychedelic vision without its perils.
Quote:Rock'n'roll is an art form that can be extremely crass and gross, but also can rise to the highest levels of sensitivity, revelation, elaborate sound and harmonies, blissful joy and physical energy and rhythm. It's a matter of which music you choose.
100% agreement here. I find 2T music boring, but I love 3T music, and it wouldn't exist without the cultural context of the Millennial saeculum.
Quote:Nomad/Reactive generations are not really rebels. They tend toward conservative politically, or at least Gen X and Lost did, so I wouldn't recommend that name. Nomads don't start revolutions; prophets or civics do that. Nomads just step in as needed to manage things and make things work in the midst of chaos. That's my take. So reactives is actually a better name, as defined by S&H. Situational, in other words. The Reactive approach is very pragmatic, which is not about rebelling at all. S&H described the arrival of Gen X as the moment when their students stopped asking deep questions and said let's just get on with the business of learning how to succeed in the world and make money.
Nomads tend to be cultural rebels, Lost had flappers and Xers had punks and metalheads. But they not likely to be very political, unlike both Prophets and Civics.