Many young Americans the sought to reform the system 1960's, others rejected it entirely and tried to create a new lifestyle based on completely new life style it included
flamboyant dress, rock music, drug use, communal living etc. They created what became known as the counterculture also known as hippies.
Originally, hippies rejected rationality, order, and traditional middle-class values. They wanted to build a utopia, a society that was more free, closer to nature,
and full of love, empathy, tolerance, and cooperation.
As the counterculture grew, many newcomers did not understand these ideas. For them, what mattered were the
outward signs that defined the movement - long hair, Native American headbands, cowboy boots, long dresses, shabby jeans, and the use of drugs.
Many hippies wanted to drop out of society by leaving home and living together in communes - group living arrangements in which members shared
everything and worked together. Some hippies established rural communes, while others lived together in parks or crowded apartments in large cities. One
of the most famous hippie destinations was San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. By the mid-1960s, thousands of hippies had flocked there.
Many young Americans the sought to reform the system 1960's, others rejected it entirely and tried to create a new lifestyle based on completely new life style it included
flamboyant dress, rock music, drug use, communal living etc. They created what became known as the counterculture also known as hippies.
Originally, hippies rejected rationality, order, and traditional middle-class values. They wanted to build a utopia, a society that was more free, closer to nature,
and full of love, empathy, tolerance, and cooperation.
As the counterculture grew, many newcomers did not understand these ideas. For them, what mattered were the
outward signs that defined the movement - long hair, Native American headbands, cowboy boots, long dresses, shabby jeans, and the use of drugs.
Many hippies wanted to drop out of society by leaving home and living together in communes - group living arrangements in which members shared
everything and worked together. Some hippies established rural communes, while others lived together in parks or crowded apartments in large cities. One
of the most famous hippie destinations was San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. By the mid-1960s, thousands of hippies had flocked there.