It would help enormously, for instance, if the smell of crankishness which still clings to the Socialist movement could be dispelled. If only the sandals and the pistachio-coloured shirts could be put in a pile and burnt, and every vegetarian, teetotaller, and creeping Jesus sent home to Welwyn Garden City to do his yoga exercises quietly!
From The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell. This is exactly what I think. Yes.
Right wing people often accuse me of being a hippie, because I am left wing, and
meihua thought that I was right wing when he first met me due to my being anti-hippie. I am neither. I am left-wing, but we need to change structures not eat organic chicken, and wear brightly coloured clothes.