We wear uniforms - not white robes but, say, Tommy Hilfiger jackets or Air Walk sneakers. It depends on the particular subsect we're in. We have been recruited into roles and behavior patterns we did not consciously choose. Quite a few members have ended up in the slacker camp. They're bunkered in spartan huts on the periphery, well away from the masses.
Slackers are downshifters by necessity.
They live frugally because they are poor. They've paid tithes since birth to the cult's charismatic leaders, the media moguls, the marketers, the trendoids. They have generously given their cash and energy and time and opinions and creativity. They've paid heavy dues, but those dues are just a fraction of what their children will pay. There's really not much for the slackers to do from day to day.