Yippies

The Yippie Manifesto predates technological enhancement, but still adopts many of the characteristics of new media. The Yippies were an informal group. There was no system of leadership, no organized agenda. They were more like a highly vocal clique than a political party. Because of this, their writing is individual, yet collective. Jerry Rubin writes what he believes and everyone else believes it, then adds on in way of further writings or in their actions or even song writing. The Yippies defy all authority, and in the case of this manifesto, even literary authority is snuffed; no one mantra was accepted nor could be. This makes the Manifesto a very peculiar document. It's merely the personal views of Jerry Rubin, but also a highly accurate portal to what the Yippies were thinking.

The entire Yippie/Hippie movement was collaborative. They weren't all disciples of Jimmy Hendrix like Objectivists are Disciples of Rand. There was no final say in the movement or beliefs of everyone; a final say would be contradictory to the nature of their campaign. Instead, the movement grew and evolved in chunks from political demonstration, gatherings like Woodstock, song writing, pot smoking, and an overall ant-like, community-based explosion of free thought.