The argument is that capitalism directly and basically infallibly leads to fascism. It's not supposed to, but it's a consistent emergent behaviour of the system.
Likely less than 1% of boomers were hippies. They call it "counter culture" for a reason.
What most people would consider "hippies" consisted of a pretty small group of people mostly living in California.
A larger and much less genuine movement came later when John Lennon decided to appropriate hippy fashion. But that's all it was (fashion).
People who truly held core values like "peace, free love and compassion" were absolutely not the majority but they were loud and colorful and now we remember that period of time as being overrun with hippies.
Yeah I've heard few different intersting takes. I think most people agree the expression is mechanical like you said.
This is just my impression. It's the lighting more than anything that makes me feel this way. The painting seems to be illuminating the devourer in a way that suggests he might be seeing his own act for the first time himself.
What does mono have to do with speaking slowly?