"I won't go nearly so far as to say that everything that came up in the 60's was valid, but as far as I'm concerned, the 60's were to what will come as Greece was to democracy.Β Remember that in the 60's the political officeholders had lost all touch with the needs of the nationβ¦kind of like the Bush administration now.Β Back then the voice of the establishment, Life magazine, was discovered to have doctored photos falsely indicating that LSD caused chromosomal damage.Β That proved what we (then) kids already knew: that those at the top preached fair play and honesty, but had no more need to honor those concepts than what would give them the next dollar without too much trouble.Β We saw perfectly clearly that we were on our own, that no one in authority cared about us. Now, like any bunch of kids left to their own devices, some, many, went off the rails. Every false step by somebody walking around under the cloak of the liberal hippy 60's was used as a pretext for dissing the entire generation.Β Those of us who were truly interested in liberty, fraternity and equality, however, knew we were onto something good and real.Β What had been called democracy was, and to some extent still is, a pretext for wrapping the will of the greedy and aggressive in a mantle of public acquiescence. Now, the business of wresting power away from those who make a specialty of wielding it will be a long and protracted struggle, with a lot of setbacks along the way.Β The outlines of the new style of governance are only dimly perceivable, and won't become clear for a long time to come.Β In the meantime, our job is to practice the principles of fairness and service to the extent possible.Β One thing is clear: there is a much higher joy in service than there is in acquisition of wealth.Β (Remember that it isn't money that's the root of all evil, it's the love of money.)Β Hanging together in brother - and sisterhood is so happy-making you want to sing right out loud.
Yeah, I feel the same about those ideas as I did thenβ¦in case you couldn't tell.
heheheh,
Peter" - Ask Peter Tork, 2008
