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[[Image:Hippies.jpg|right]]
[[Image:Hippies.jpg|right]]
The '''Hippie''' subculture originated in the mid 1960s, in rebellion to "all repressive hierarchical power structures since these are adverse to the hippie goals of peace, love and freedom." <ref>http://www.hippy.com/hippyway.htm</ref>
The '''Hippie''' or '''Counter Culture''' subculture originated in the mid 1960s, in rebellion to modernity and moderation, or ats the Hippies put it, to "all repressive hierarchical power structures since these are adverse to the hippie goals of peace, love and freedom." <ref>http://www.hippy.com/hippyway.htm</ref>
Hippies were noted for psychedelic [[music]], sexual freedom, [[drug]] use (particularly [[LSD]]), and rejecting what they saw as the [[materialism|materialistic]] values of the society around them. The non-violent movement was largely in response to the [[Vietnam War]] and used the slogan "[[peace]] and [[love]]" and "make love not [[war]]".
Hippies were noted for psychedelic [[music]], sexual freedom, [[drug]] use (particularly [[LSD]]), and rejecting what they saw as the [[materialism|materialistic]] values of the society around them. The non-violent movement was largely in response to the [[Vietnam War]] and used the slogan "[[peace]] and [[love]]" and "make love not [[war]]".
==Examples in Pop Culture==
==Examples in Pop Culture==
In the movie ''[[Easy Rider]]'' the protagonists visit a hippie commune in [[California]]. [[Tom Wolfe]]'s account of [[Ken Kesey]]'s [[Merry Pranksters]] in his book ''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'' documented one aspect of the hippie scene.
In the movie ''[[Easy Rider]]'' the protagonists visit a hippie commune in California. Conservative writer [[Tom Wolfe]]'s account of [[Ken Kesey]]'s [[Merry Pranksters]] in his book ''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'' documented one aspect of the hippie scene.
==Famous Hippies==
==Famous Hippies==
==References==
==References==
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