Does suburbia kill the soul? I'm watching a documentary called "Revolution" about the hippies. One of the guys said that the reason why so many kids went to the Haight was because suburbia was killing their souls. I guess since I'm a product of suburbia and my soul isn't dead I questioned that. I can see that it makes it harder to break out of the mold because of all the conformity built into suburban life, but in a way I think it's a good thing. Only those who are truly passionate will break the mold and offer up their creations to the world. I am truly pissed aobut the whole hippie thing, though. When I was younger I thought they were so cool standing up for their beliefs and trying to change the world. But my older more cynical self sees a bunch of indulged self-indulgent selfish brats who were totally irresponsible. And now my generation has to live with the fallout, and I think a nuclear bomb would have left less of a fallout than the hippies. I hope my kids never idolize that group because I'd really hate to make my kids cynics when they're young.
My daughter is 3 and she already knows that Santa is just pretend. I don't see the point in encouraging belief in a made-up character only to pull the rug out from under her in a few years. People think it's cute, I think it's cruel. So she looses a little "magic", I think it's worth it.
If I had a time machine I'd never be home. History just interests me so much more than the present (especially our present). I'd rather see the stuff that already happened.
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