• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The hippies were a tiny minority. They were called the counter culture for that reason. They never had a chance to make an effective larger change, because there just weren’t enough of them

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      6 months ago

      Even as few as they were was enough to be a major factor in the creation of neo-conservativism in retaliation.

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      6 months ago

      Also because their lifestyle wasn’t conducive to a long life…

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        6 months ago

        My parents are in their 70s and 80s, as are their friends. The ones that overdid it with the drugs may have shortened their lifespan, but there were/are plenty of earthy/crunchy hippies that never even did more than smell weed. My mom and her friends were/are some of them