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Hippies were preceded by the counter-culture [[beatnik]] movement in the 1950's.

Hippies were preceded by the counter-culture [[beatnik]] movement in the 1950's.

It was the capitalistic society in which the hippie was born that gave them financial support, while it was the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement that influenced their opposition to a violent conservative materialistic society. The largesse of their parents and free public handouts helped buoy the idealistic and misguided cultural experiments they attempted. Hippies failed in the end to affect real change since their worldview was based on a flawed concept of human nature. They believed that people were willing to live in a lessened state of materialistic ease and were altruistic as opposed to self-interested. This same flaw led to the fall of communism and the failure of all the 1960s communes.  

It was the capitalistic society in which the hippie was born that gave them financial support, while it was the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement that influenced their opposition to a violent conservative materialistic society. The largesse of their parents and free public handouts helped buoy the idealistic and misguided cultural experiments they attempted. Hippies failed in the end to affect real change since their world view was based on a flawed concept of human nature. They believed that people were willing to live in a lessened state of materialistic ease and were altruistic as opposed to self-interested. This same flaw led to the fall of communism and the failure of all the 1960s communes.  

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