[freebeard]

https://unherd.com/2019/09/the-new-h...conservatives/

The rise of the hippie conservatives
An unexpected political coalition is rejecting materialism in favour of "getting back to what really matters" BY Freddie Sayers

These Trump-friendly Right-wingers are certainly not cheerleaders for Extinction Rebellion or Greta Thunberg; at first glance they seem the polar opposite of hippies, who originally defined themselves against the “military-industrial complex” and its evil end product, the war in Vietnam.

But yes, if you can get past the tone of voice, there is something hippie about these new Conservatives, defining themselves against boundary-less financial markets, the over-mighty power of technology and global corporations, and the creep of commercial thinking into all aspects of our lives. In a sense, they are more truly ‘counter-cultural’ than the climate protestors, who are celebrated as virtuous by almost everybody in power.

edit: Styxhexenhammer drops a big black pill. You have to click though to see it because language — Greta Thunberg Says Stuff, or Something, I Dunno

https://youtu.be/-Mxzr6x1WzU