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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5
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HOFFMAN 3 "Who is?
(Comment from audience concerning
abolishing of Army by Nixon)
HOFFMAN: ‘Yeah! He's for that after the war, baby!
But this war's going on for another ten
Ha aD
years.
(More yelling from audience)
HOFFMAN: “Yeah. Well you can go.
"And we. . we will support you. We will
support you in the style to which you are accustomed.
There's a lot of good grass over there. You'll have
a good tine.
"So. . uh. . because .. uh. . there's a
thing called technological progress in this country and
they havent figured out like . . uh. . what to do with
the fact there are no jobs for people like us because
see, like . . uh. . a hippie. . and that's what I am.
Like a hippie. . . a hipple.
“A hippie. Now. . uh. . a hippie is a
member of the working class. It's just that we're on
strike. ‘Cause there aren't any meeene fe---~-- jobs
in this system worth doing.
"Well, you read the book on. . uh. . how
to live free, see, and you'll, like, figure it all out.
In fact, give you some real good information on how
to get all the booze free. And all those safes that
you use. . uh... safes. . . uh somewhere. You're
a disgrace.
(More audience yelling)
HOFFMAN: "I know it! That's the difference.
"The system works on, like, dividing people.
Like. . th. . . radicals and jocks and hippies and
yippies and Maoists and Wallacites and that works for
a very particular reason. Because while they got that
working they can keep you here and f111 you with all
that heroin they call education, see, and then you
can slip into IBM and get that plastic ..uh.. .
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