The 60’s messed with us. Two things come to mind:
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A large chunk of hippies who I met went fully opposite, they embraced capitalism and the opportunities presented to them due to unlocked access of education and society becoming and being less hierarchical. And then they pulled up the ladder, denying the next generation the same benefits.
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Conservatives got collective heart attacks across the globe and a counter movement started to eradicate the things and goals achieved during the 60’s. This took a couple of decades but we all know you can count on with conservatives, they have long goal vision and stamina.
So, the generation who got freedoms and opportunities of the likes you will most probably never ever see in your lifetime is almost dead, they will not help out and remedy this, they are done.
And we can see in the world right now what the counter movement of conservatives has achieved, they ‘win’ at just about every turn, especially politically. This is not likely to go away, it will probably get worse.
Enjoy the results of the 60’s, hippies and conservative plans to tackle that pesky freedom and equality shit…
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I don’t think anyone here was a hippie in the 60s…
The summer of love was summer 1967. Assuming a young, 18 year old hippie, that’s a 75 year old man today.
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Don’t underestimate people, @clubby. I WAS a hippie of the 60s. I got tear gassed in Washington at the protest Jane Fonda attended. I’ve also been programming since I was 14 years old. Do the math and see if you can figure out the language, newbie.
And NO, this was not the America we envisioned! This was also not the America that Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Paine, Ben Franklin, and all the others envisioned. Since JFK, the Republicans have decimated education resulting in the ability to brainwash the idiots who voted for a dictator thinking he was going to lower food and housing prices.
America has jumped the shark.
Do the math and see if you can figure out the language, newbie.
Fortran? Though my parent (still alive, not on Lemmy) was a computer programmer in the early 70s and programmed a mainframe with punch-cards, I think it was some kind of assembly.
My guess is FORTRAN.
Why do coders seem to much more often have the courage of their convictions than those with other occupations?
Sam Adams
I mean, yeah, beer is great and all….
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Big demographic difference between Facebook and Lemmy, wouldn’t you say?
This, I hardly find anyone aware of Lemmy , much less so with the older crowd that aren’t even aware of reddit.
I don’t fucking know. How would I know, it not like lemmy has some sort of age tracking.
Just because you’ve not encountered it, doesn’t mean it couldn’t exist.
Also, if we’re talking OG hippy, I feel like I’m more likely to find them here then on say, Facebook.
You could have just said nothing instead of being such a wet blanket
keep in mind anyone who was a teenager in the 60’s. so say 20 at 1970. would be 74 or older now.
