Fighting the Man

Hippies have a long history of “Taking on The Man.” The Man, for what it’s worth, represents the evil nexus between government, corporate and institutional structures that are responsible for keeping the status quo in society, or as the hippies say it, “keeping a brother down. “ The only problem is, this is 2010, and The Man, as it were, is now run by the first generation of hippies – those from the 60’s and 70’s who currently occupy leadership positions in government, business and academia. Thus, modern day hippies are fighting simply older versions of themselves. Clearly, something happens to hippies as they age. They may have started out as cutting edge activists taunting the status quo, but they end up doing TV commercials for financial advisory services for aging boomers looking at retirement. It makes perfect sense that today’s hippies will change as well, slowly morphing into The Man, and that their children will end up taking them on come 20 or 30 years. Thus the endless cycle of hippie-upon-hippie violence…when will it stop!