[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'T')ho' I've never been to Burning Man, I personally feel that we could use more events such as this. The "tribal orgy" has been a basic element of human culture since the dawn of man, one that serves to renew and strengthen our connections with, and empathy for, our fellow humans. I think a case can be made for the idea that it is the rise of the "Cult of the Individual" that is at the heart of many of the problems we are now facing as a species. It's easier to justify "me first" thinking and the actions that follow when one has no sense of connection with others...

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')'m sure most of the people on this thread are a couple of decades younger than me, but some of them seem so old, so curmudgeonly, so devoid of spirit.

[TommyJefferson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'N')o commercial enterprises are allowed either, which is very cool...we have to retain the capacity for joy wonder and maintain tribal connections.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', ' ')I suggested allowing the Rainbow People in without charge...

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'N')o commercial enterprises are allowed either, which is very cool...we have to retain the capacity for joy wonder and maintain tribal connections.

[TommyJefferson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'A')re you a Rainbow Tommy?

[TommyJefferson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '.')..the idea of air conditioned winnebagos and generators is such a gag inducer. It would take the edge off the natural spontaneity part, so can definitely see why people recoil on that one.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '.')..

Now they are just like Burning Man and other "counterculture" events; $60 entry, RV's, generators, colored wrist bands, cops, fences, rules, state regulated. See: http://www.rotrally.com

There are still some real rider rallies out there, but they are small like http://www.bmwclub.org/resources/rally.html Tents, beer, fire, BBQ, beer, more beer.

[kochevnik]

If you grow up poor and later become rich - then lose it all - it's generally not too hard psychologically or physically to adjust to deprivaton again.

OTH if you grow up rich and lose it all - you generally end up killing yourself.

'What doesn't kill us - makes us stronger.'

The Xers who grew up poor and in broken homes (like ILP) are tough cookies and you for the most part you should be grateful that you had it tough as a kid (I know I am) - because it will come in real handy in the future.

And Boomers will come to be the most despised generation in American history. Mark my words.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kochevnik', 'I')f you grow up poor and later become rich - then lose it all - it's generally not too hard psychologically or physically to adjust to deprivaton again..

And Boomers will come to be the most despised generation in American history. Mark my words.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'w')hat is it particularly that irks you so much about boomers?

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')'m interested, what is it particularly that irks you so much about boomers?

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he Boomers used up all the fun.

[jboogy]

I heard of this , sounds icky in a touchy-feely kinda way.

[threadbear]

If you want to be irritated with a specific generation for being brainwashed, complacent, self indulgent, no minds, you may want to take it back a generation to the "greatest generation" It wasn't people of my generation who voted Reagan in. Reagan's presidency and the neo-conservatism it gave birth to, kicked off the orgy of stupidity and self interest. The insanity coalesced around a pathetic revival of "americanism" wrapped in consumerism.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', ' ')Reagan's presidency and the neo-conservatism it gave birth to, kicked off the orgy of stupidity and self interest.

[threadbear]

True, SPG, But as the party wound down, the US could have worked off the drunk, along the lines of Europe, more true social democracy and balancing of powers. Instead Americans headed directly to a taquila bar, adopted a Mexican style kleptocracy, with a bouncer hell bent on tossing the middle class straight back onto the street.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')f you want to be irritated with a specific generation for being brainwashed, complacent, self indulgent, no minds, you may want to take it back a generation to the "greatest generation" It wasn't people of my generation who voted Reagan in. Reagan's presidency and the neo-conservatism it gave birth to, kicked off the orgy of stupidity and self interest. The insanity coalesced around a pathetic revival of "americanism" wrapped in consumerism.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')f you want to be irritated with a specific generation for being brainwashed, complacent, self indulgent, no minds, you may want to take it back a generation to the "greatest generation" It wasn't people of my generation who voted Reagan in. Reagan's presidency and the neo-conservatism it gave birth to, kicked off the orgy of stupidity and self interest. The insanity coalesced around a pathetic revival of "americanism" wrapped in consumerism.

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '
')
There is a great deal to what you're saying. People change when they have kids and take on mortgages. Boomers were also gullible enough to believe the propaganda tailored specifically for idealistic minds; that they could make political and institutional changes from the INSIDE. In fact, institutional inertia changed us.

The VietNamese war ended without an armed domestic uprising; a lost opportunity. Now it's abundantly clear that American style capitalism and out of control consumerism, supported by soft fascism, can't be changed from within.