Yes and: The counter culture was a fraction of the population. The outsized attention given to "hippies" is that era's version of nutpicking. https://www.urban

Yes and: The counter culture was a fraction of the population. The outsized attention given to "hippies" is that era's version of nutpicking. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nutpicking https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nutpicking The dominate culture's reaction to "hippies" (pro civil rights, antiwar, nonconformism, antimaterialism) beget a hard turn to the right. One cogent example is Reagan's meteoric political rise by demonizing a bunch of kids daring to exercise their right to free speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement#1966–1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement#1966–1970 As with all protests, "hippie" culture was coopted and commercialized. Enabling another generation of conformists to LARP as rebels, for a price. This time via appropriated totems like blue jeans and stadium rock. Another predictable backlash, where the agitators are mocked and while their cultural stylings are assimilated. Lather, rinse, repeat.