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My people need me (lemmy.today)
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[–] 12 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

The hippie to fascist pipeline is real. Their tendency to distrust the establishment means they also fall for typical fascists tactics like putting the blame on the establishment and a secret cabal in power for all their problems. Like in my country during Covid lockdowns these so called “spiritual” people voted for the blatantly fascist party.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    That sounds plausible, but I don't think that's the case for my mom. I think she was just going with the trend, trying to be in the "in group". I can say with 100% certainty a big part of her Nazi transition is the lack of empathy that she has.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    That doesn't fit a hippie

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    As I said in another comment, it taught me that my father apparently only cared about the aesthetics of being a hippie, but there was never any deeper political ideology or understanding underpinning it.

    I imagine this was the case for a lot of ex-hippies.

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