Ire Land

                       I wondered whether or not I was "Self Indulgent"--- the one where 'self indulgence was a NEGATIVE trait [characteristic] -- the one where Indulgence bordered on being Selfish .   While I was floundering in the pond of Pondering, something happened and I b--r--o--a--d--e--n--e-d  'self indulgence' to include Selfishness but on a Cultural and Societal Level .    I have always wondered if Hippie-Ism was responsible for a BACKLASH of Conservative Ire .  Hippie-Ism promoted the memorable, "Make Love not War" --- the Ideation [perhaps] of Innocent CHILDREN .   Hippie-Ism also promoted a kind of Socialism wherein TRUE Benefit manifested as COMMUNAL Health---here it is where the Well-fare {fair} of the GROUP was more important than the welfare of just one member .   This THIS was something of a dilemma since the Group VALUED   >Individual Sovereignty< .   

           I wondered if the same "Woodstock" Generation also had "Smash-mouth" Conservatives who decried Hippie-Ism and favored a Conservatism based upon the Military and Industrial Complexes .   Here it is that Conservatives considered their Taxes as THEIR OWN MONIES and INSISTED that THEIR MONIES be applied to Areas that THEY considered Important --- they NEVER relinquished their 'Hold' on Monies destined for COMMUNAL Well Being---what I consider a Cultural/Societal SELFISHNESS .