Cypherpunk Inadequacies / Why the 60's failed

[Mirimir]

On 09/02/2017 10:12 AM, Razer wrote:
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> On 09/02/2017 12:41 AM, grarpamp wrote (b/c the original poster is shitcanned at 
> the server):
>>> \0xd:
>>> Yeah, humans are both the cause and the cure.  The major source of
>>> inadequacy in THIS population (crypto-anarchists) is the failure to
>>> examine why the 60's failed to produce the revolution it desired.  It
>>> had love, peace, and an awesome soundtrack -- yet it failed.
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> What makes this troll think the 60s failed to produce it's revolution?
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> 'Any time you walk into a store and see something advertised as "Psychedelic" 
> YOU KNOW the 60s had an effect on America.' ~Frank Zappa (paraphrased)

Well, the US did bail on Viet Nam. And casual fucking did become far
more popular. And food coops went mainstream. And homosexuality became
acceptable. And marijuana is legal in several states. And damn, are the
Dead still touring? Or some offshoot/residue, at least?

> The troll is operating under the assumption it was going to be a COMMIE 
> ree-vol-lewshun or sumpthin'.

Soviet efforts aside, hippies were mostly into sex, drugs and music :)

> Speaking of the 60s, Commie Ree-vol-lewshuns, etc...
> 
> Weather Underground Members Speak Out on the Media, Imperialism and Solidarity 
> in the Age of Trump
> 
> Interviews By Dahr Jamail August 30 2017, TruthOut: 
> http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41746-weather-underground-speak-out-on-the-media-imperialism-and-solidarity-in-the-age-of-trump
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> It ain't over till the fat pig squeals...
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> One like this.
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> Photo: Czechago pig takes an swing at a NY TImes photog. Democratic Convention 1968

Hey, Trump = Pigasus ;) That always was slaughterhouse humor.

>> 60s quite possibly...
>> Too much drugs, violence, disorganization...
>> And unencrypted tappable mail, phone, bank lines...
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