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Abbie Hoffman — Part 28
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Abbie Hoffman: They would not have to indulge in that
dirty word called "work". We demand
equal unemployment.
David Frost: Well thats strange. How come you are not
working now, you love it so much?
Abbie Hoffman: We don't think that people ought to work,
no... that doesn't mean they shouldn't
struggle to do what they believe in, but
you see this is a Protestant ethic which
would combine with the rise of capitalisn,
because all of the people, like the ones
” that moaned, think that well people only
—_ - do things you know if they are threatened
ad 4f they're kept in slavery if they are
told they won't get into heaven if you don't
j buy life insurance, keep your money in-
. the bank, we don't think thet. People
4 are going to say whose going to pick up
og. the garbage, you see but we don't see
"> the problem that way. Nobody says to a
poet how are you going to write the poems
a" . man if you don't get any money. I mean
: : you don't say to a doctor what are you
i going to keep doing your work for if you.
; don't know or if you are not guaranteed
—-" a life insurance policy for the rest of
: | your life. People really like what they
cng do, and we plan to destroy work and turn
af everyone into an artist literally.
AQ David Frost: And who would pick up the garbage in fact?
Abbie Hoffman: Well there are a lot of answers for that
whose going to pick up the garbage. You,
the moaner, that guy, the skeptic, the
skeptics will pick up the garbage.
David Frost: Well, will you tell them tc or will they
do it themselves?
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