No. [The correction is gentle, but it's a clear correction nonetheless.] The idea of there being hippies - or communes, for that matter - are purely human constructs, constructs of Earth itself. While it may be more comfortable for you and for others to compare our culture to one that you are more familiar with, it will always be incorrect. It is our way of life, and the way of the Astonians before me, the Astonians far from me.

We pay our respects to nature, and attempt to treat it as gently as possible, true, but I was speaking of the fact that everything we do consume is in plain sight. We see where our food is from by viewing our own backyards; we know who weaves our clothing, and how they do it. It is easier to see its value when one bears witness to the process by which everything is made.