Comments on: Scary in a familiar way http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: amy.leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar#comment-8167 amy.leblanc Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:06:24 +0000 #comment-8167 thx for the heads up : this is something i think a lot about and i'm very interested in seeing this film. IMO, counterculture has just as many groupthink pitfalls as the mainstream; it's why groupthink, whether it's burning man groupthink or microsoft groupthink, scares me. it begs the big questions: is it human nature? are people sheeple no matter what? we obviously need to live in groups to survive - how/why/when that herd mentality goes wrong is always fascinating. thx for the heads up : this is something i think a lot about and i’m very interested in seeing this film. IMO, counterculture has just as many groupthink pitfalls as the mainstream; it’s why groupthink, whether it’s burning man groupthink or microsoft groupthink, scares me.

it begs the big questions: is it human nature? are people sheeple no matter what? we obviously need to live in groups to survive - how/why/when that herd mentality goes wrong is always fascinating.

]]> By: yelahneb http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar#comment-8163 yelahneb Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:30:56 +0000 #comment-8163 an excellent film to be sure; it's the most level-headed discussion of the whole affair i've ever seen. the saddest thing: everyone involved seemed to just want a better life, a better way that seemed to wash away racial and class boundaries. they were normal but highly idealistic folks who decided to try something different, to really commit to it, and most of them didn't realize that their leader was no longer (or perhaps, never had been) who they believed he was until it was far too late. an excellent film to be sure; it’s the most level-headed discussion of the whole affair i’ve ever seen.

the saddest thing: everyone involved seemed to just want a better life, a better way that seemed to wash away racial and class boundaries. they were normal but highly idealistic folks who decided to try something different, to really commit to it, and most of them didn’t realize that their leader was no longer (or perhaps, never had been) who they believed he was until it was far too late.

]]> By: michelle http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar#comment-8164 michelle Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:09:12 +0000 #comment-8164 ps, i was a way into wasting all my spare time and money on the dead and jerry band in college and my early 20s. the collective counterculture thing is FASCINATING, especially when it pretends to promote individualism and indie life but is really more like fascism. ps, i was a way into wasting all my spare time and money on the dead and jerry band in college and my early 20s. the collective counterculture thing is FASCINATING, especially when it pretends to promote individualism and indie life but is really more like fascism.

]]> By: michelle http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar#comment-8165 michelle Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:02:38 +0000 #comment-8165 i saw the end of that movie and have been, er, dying to see the rest. (ooh, bad pun -- sorry.) i'm fascinated with that story too. and rattlesnake charming preachers. i saw the end of that movie and have been, er, dying to see the rest. (ooh, bad pun — sorry.) i’m fascinated with that story too. and rattlesnake charming preachers.

]]> By: Bowrag http://electrolicious.com/2007/06/scary_in_a_familiar#comment-8169 Bowrag Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:32:31 +0000 #comment-8169 That stuff does scare the pants off me too. Something needs to be done with radical extremists. That stuff does scare the pants off me too. Something needs to be done with radical extremists.

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