Goa Hippy Tribe documentary video series Monica Aas interview

[10ccalanarkush]

it's really hard to feel sorry for hippies. how do you have sympathy for privileged bourgeois hedonistic white folks who are so self absorbed? the originals of 66 haight were long gone to be replaced by pale copies who co-opted the look but little else. hippiedom was born of privilege - suburban affluence. what 20 year old african or asian could dream of partying on the beaches of an american and european country if the situation were to be reversed? only the tiniest privileged minority.

[andthereisntone]

@10ccalanarkush feel sorry for yourself, buddy.

[10ccalanarkush]

@andthereisntone because..?

[Jairzinho121]

@10ccalanarkush u obviously have no idea about addiction. These people did not choose to become addicted, like millions of other people in all countries.

What do you think we should do with addicts? Tell them they are stupid for messing their life up?

I would love to live in ur society!

[10ccalanarkush]

@Jairzinho121 there should be some hint of personal responsibility, no? they weren't exactly like the helpless chinese who were kept drugged on opium for well over a century by the brits, were they? god, even if you are a thrill seeking hedonistic hippy, shouldn't you have some ownership of personal actions? or failing that, some critical insight into how white privilege works in your favor, so people even see these stories as 'redemptive'? fyi, i'm sure the psychology of addiction is complex.

[10ccalanarkush]

@Jairzinho121 ...and i also have lots of empathy for addicts across the spectrum - however this does not preclude me from underscoring effete bellyachin, for lack of a better word

[goahippytribe]

There's a facebook fanpage following these interviews too...its under facebook and if you search for the fanpage its 'goahippytribe

[goahippytribe]

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