Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve Jobs-Hippie Billionaire
On CNBC tonight-
Next time a Con says dirty hippies tell them STEVE JOBS WAS ORIGINALLY A HIPPIE!
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
11 replies, 2996 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (0)
ReplyReply to this post
11 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Steve Jobs-Hippie Billionaire (Original Post)
ErikJ
Feb 2012
OP
onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Hippie. nt
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)9. they left out exploiter of people and accomplice to murder
suicide apparently was beneath his magnificence to notice.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)2. I wouldn't say he was a "hippie"...
The hippies I knew and loved would never have allowed the crap that goes on at Foxcomm to even have been started...
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)3. He'd still be alive were it not for his alternate healing regime.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)5. Just what I was about to post ..
For such an intelligent man, he was still a woo-woo.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)4. I doubt 'real' hippies would have profited billions from Chinese sweat shops.
I mean, hippies who remained hippies.
originalpckelly
(24,382 posts)6. Steve Jobs: the world's first fauxhemian.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)7. also a slave shop owner in China
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)8. he was a hippy?
i am a hippy at heart... that guy was no hippy.
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)10. When I think of Steve Jobs several things come to mind
greedy, slave shop owner, 1%, but never hippy. As for his supposed Buddhism, well his focus on material wealth does not seem very Buddhist, especially considering he gained his wealth at the expense of slave labor in China.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)11. Erstwhile hippie.
He gave up on that (and his daughter from his brief hippie days) to focus on himself.