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If I'm supposed to care, I'm failing. I don't think you're supposed to care. I just think its an interesting observation for a couple reasons. One, there's mo
by riggins 13y ago
If I'm supposed to care, I'm failing.
I don't think you're supposed to care. I just think its an interesting observation for a couple reasons.
One, there's modest historical significance to the hippie movement, especially in SF. Hippie culture dying out is news worthy.
Two (less interesting, more obvious), is to note that people who sold drugs illegally are hurt by legalization. That's not given, it's possible that people who sold drugs illegally would be the same people who sold drugs legally .. but that doesn't seem to be the case (or more interesting, the profit margin got squashed).
- dubfan 13y agoHippy culture largely died out in the early 1970s. What's newsworthy is that there are still people who believe it's a viable lifestyle.
- marssaxman 13y agoDid it die out, or did it just go mainstream? I see organic food, recycling programs, yoga, and co-ops everywhere. The local Safeway has a cooler full of kombucha bottles on display twenty feet from the front door. People are more likely to frown at you for smoking cigarettes than marijuana. We may not look or dress like hippies from the '70s but many of the the social trends they pioneered seem to be more popular and successful than ever.
- jordan0day 13y agoAs others have pointed out, I think the article is probably somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Additionally, I doubt that the legalization of marijuana would actually eliminate hippies altogether -- it only hurts the subset of them that made their living selling illegal marijuana.