[LibKill]

How in hell did a bunch of smelly overage hippies wind up with so much influence?

Did Reagan straighten out America in vain?

Have we fallen that far?

[Entrepreneur]

unfortunately, yes

[pabianice]

How in hell did a bunch of smelly overage hippies wind up with so much influence?

They slid into careers that allowed them to spend their time and public money on their beliefs. The rest of us had real jobs and neither the time nor money to counter them.