任何一个小时都在任何方向都有疯狂。您可以在任何地方击中火花。 There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.
(There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.)
亨特·汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson）在《拉斯维加斯的恐惧和厌恶》中捕捉了1970年代反文化的混乱精髓，显示了每时每刻都感到兴奋和潜力。疯狂的概念弥漫在叙事中，这表明不可预测性和野性经历是日常生活的一部分。这种气氛允许自发性，在这种气氛中，灵感或冲突的火花可能随时点燃。
汤普森（Thompson）在混乱中也传达了一种压倒性的乐观感，因为角色认为他们正在为更大的事业而战。在正确的道路上的这种感觉助长了他们的行动，创造了一种强大的，动荡的，追求自由和真理的经验。疯狂和信念的相互作用反映了寻求改变时代的动荡精神。