various assassinations, the brink of nuclear apocalypse, an unpopular political war away from home that caused a social movement, and political espionage.

It’s like we’re cursed.

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    10 hours ago

    Likely less than 1% of boomers were hippies. They call it “counter culture” for a reason.

    What most people would consider “hippies” consisted of a pretty small group of people mostly living in California.

    A larger and much less genuine movement came later when John Lennon decided to appropriate hippy fashion. But that’s all it was (fashion).

    People who truly held core values like “peace, free love and compassion” were absolutely not the majority but they were loud and colorful and now we remember that period of time as being overrun with hippies.