Language was perceived as no longer able to communicate understanding of many experiences and concepts. More paper can be stolen at any stationery store. The rest is my trip. It is by no means everything that happened or that I learned. I could never get that down on paper.
Language is one of the first things to go.
Nobody communicates with words anymore. Words have lost their ability to shock and make love. Language prevents communication. To move beyond the limits of language and explanation, the yippies sought to create a new set of myths, codes and signifiers for the new order. Ironically, as they tried to fashion a language of protest uncontaminated by the traditional rhetoric and conventions of leftist politics, the language of mainstream consumer culture crept in.