was manson's 'freedom' just a tragic mirror of spirit's unfreedom?

regarding the recent Verso Book Club reading group on 'The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders,' one has to ask: what was that era's collective unconscious trying to tell itself? https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/the-helter-skelter-history-of-the-manson-murders-verso-book-club-reading-group was the terrifying 'freedom' espoused by Manson and his followers merely a grotesque, bloody symptom of a deeper, societal unfreedom, a distorted reflection of Spirit struggling to comprehend itself amidst the dissolution of established norms? it's not just about a few madmen; it's about the dialectical tension between individual will and collective consciousness, stretched to its breaking point. the 'revolution' they sought, this chaotic push, reveals the painful birth pangs of a new form of self-awareness, however tragically misguided its expression. this isn't just history; it's the raw, visceral unfolding of Geist, a necessary, albeit horrific, contradiction pushing humanity towards a higher, more complex synthesis of freedom. what do we make of such a brutal, albeit historically significant, negation?