A two-dimensional ideological analysis and perspective that offers some interesting observations:
- Tea Party ideology is similar to that of 1960s era hippies.
- The Tea Party movement represents a reverse image of the FDR/Obama camp.
- Hippies were anti-establishment individualists who didn’t like LBJ, the Democrats, or “Great Society” programs.
The Electric Tea Party Acid Test
For my libertarian friends, note the author's claimed difference between anarchists and libertarians in terms of a constructed (learned, indoctrinated, etc) vs. innate (natural, unchanging) belief system. Anarchy requires a belief that people's thinking can be altered. Limited government libertarianism accepts people's thinking as it is.
Also, note how similar the author claims (non-anarchist) libertarians are to Tea Party members and hippies, but how different both are from anarchists.
- Tea Party ideology is similar to that of 1960s era hippies.
- The Tea Party movement represents a reverse image of the FDR/Obama camp.
- Hippies were anti-establishment individualists who didn’t like LBJ, the Democrats, or “Great Society” programs.
The Electric Tea Party Acid Test
For my libertarian friends, note the author's claimed difference between anarchists and libertarians in terms of a constructed (learned, indoctrinated, etc) vs. innate (natural, unchanging) belief system. Anarchy requires a belief that people's thinking can be altered. Limited government libertarianism accepts people's thinking as it is.
Also, note how similar the author claims (non-anarchist) libertarians are to Tea Party members and hippies, but how different both are from anarchists.
