Or, it's entirely possible that the hippies had some good ideas, mixed in with some bad ideas, and overlaid by a generally hopeless lack of actionable strategy

Or, it's entirely possible that the hippies had some good ideas, mixed in with some bad ideas, and overlaid by a generally hopeless lack of actionable strategy that prioritized individualistic self-actualization over collective action. Thus, the hippies were a red herring, a useless nostrum, another layer of control. https://gravityglobal.com/news/the-death-of-subculture-part-6/ https://gravityglobal.com/news/the-death-of-subculture-part-... https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/adam-curtis-on-hypernormalisation-and-how-it-created-donald-trump https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/adam-curtis-on-hyperno... https://www.wired.co.uk/article/adam-curtis-bbc-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head https://www.wired.co.uk/article/adam-curtis-bbc-cant-get-you...