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Abbie Hoffman — Part 28

108 pages · May 12, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 108 pages OCR'd
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— . Abbott Howar! doffman if) Abbie Hoffman: They would not have to indulge in that dirty word called "work". We demand equal unemployment. David Frost: Well thats strange. How come you are not working now, you love it so much? Abbie Hoffman: We don't think that people ought to work, no... that doesn't mean they shouldn't struggle to do what they believe in, but you see this is a Protestant ethic which would combine with the rise of capitalisn, because all of the people, like the ones ” that moaned, think that well people only —_ - do things you know if they are threatened ad 4f they're kept in slavery if they are told they won't get into heaven if you don't j buy life insurance, keep your money in- . the bank, we don't think thet. People 4 are going to say whose going to pick up og. the garbage, you see but we don't see "> the problem that way. Nobody says to a poet how are you going to write the poems a" . man if you don't get any money. I mean : : you don't say to a doctor what are you i going to keep doing your work for if you. ; don't know or if you are not guaranteed —-" a life insurance policy for the rest of : | your life. People really like what they cng do, and we plan to destroy work and turn af everyone into an artist literally. AQ David Frost: And who would pick up the garbage in fact? Abbie Hoffman: Well there are a lot of answers for that whose going to pick up the garbage. You, the moaner, that guy, the skeptic, the skeptics will pick up the garbage. David Frost: Well, will you tell them tc or will they do it themselves?
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