[Vision2020] Hunter Thompson

[David M. Budge]

Having proclaimed contempt for my generation, the passing of Hunter S. 
Thompson is a poignant reminder of our failings.  That last paragraph of 
Fear and Loathing in La Vegas reads:

"We're all wired into a survival trip now... no more of the speed that 
fueled the 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed 
around America selling conciousness expansion, without ever giving a 
thought to the grim meathook realities that were lying in wait for all 
those peoples who took him seriously. All those pathetically eager acid 
freaks who thought they could buy peace and understanding for three 
bucks a hit. but their loss, and failure, is ours too. What Leary took 
down with him was that the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he 
helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who 
never understood the essential old mystic fallacy of the acid culture. 
The desperate assumption that somebody, or at least some force, is 
tending the light at the end of the tunnel."

I'm really gonna miss this guy.

Rest In Peace Hunter

db


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