The political philosophy of Austin Powers

Final scene: Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery.

Austin Powers: I've got you now, Dr. Evil.

Dr. Evil: Well done, Mr. Powers. We're not so different, you and I. However isn't it ironic that the very things that you stand for - free love, swinging, parties - are all, now in the 90's, considered to be...evil.

Austin Powers: No man. What we swingers were rebelling against is uptight squares like you, whose bag was money and world domination. We were innocent, man. If we had known the consequences of our sexual liberation, we would have done things differently, but the spirit would have remained the same. It's freedom, baby. Yeah.

Dr. Evil: Face it. Freedom failed.

Austin Powers: Freedom didn't fail. Right now, we have freedom and responsibility. It's a very groovy time.

Sadly, his Shagginess spoke too soon. It turns out that the current era is about neither. But how nice a world of freedom and responsibility might be.

Groovy, baby.

Love,
Ben