[latefordinner]

Sure I'm not doubting that your "average hippie" was more concerned with getting baked and getting laid than discussing political theory (not that there's anything wrong with the former). I'm just saying that while you perceived it as well you know, the whole wearing beads and smoking pot and having sex was nice and all, but [censored] is getting a little out of hand, other people perceived as well you know, I have nothing against the beads and pot, but if we're serious about building a revolutionary movement, it's time to start actually opposing the ruling class.

The failure of the late 60s revolutions around the world, but especially in the US, is that they were dominated by the authoritarian Left.

This mistake won't be made another time, as many of the broad radical movements forming now - from the Zapatistas to the right-wing militias, from eco-sabateurs to squatters, from anti-TRIPS protests in India to N30 in Seattle - explicitly reject authoritarian socialism and authoritarian structures in general and are organized around specifically anti-authoritarian principles - anarchists who identify as such in many cases.