What made the 60's flower power culture go out of fashion? Why did'nt it work out?
2006-09-07 07:33:15 · 13 answers · asked by jimbomediterraneo 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
That whole movement was doomed to failure because it had no base in reality. They were all about peace and free love and living in a Utopian society, but the movement was made up almost entirely of college students and drop-outs who had no way of supporting themselves. Over time, they learned that they had to get jobs and make money in order to eat, buy clothes, have a place to stay, etc. Basically, they were all suffering from Peter Pan syndrome -- they didn't want to grow up.
2006-09-07 07:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flower power died when Vietnam War ended. Very romantic and as a motive for doing nothing, smoke pot, promiscuity, machism and other values, Flower Children were casted away because it seemed like they did not do any contribution to society. After Hippies generation, the Yuppie generation took the train as young representatives, more likely to a general and "right" society, not a peddlers society. Ask a true hippie. I was just a watcher.
2006-09-07 14:43:40 · answer #2 · answered by Alexira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conceptions that made up "flower power" were idealistic. When the flower children grew up, the dream went away.
The radicals were no different than any other terrorists.
Google "weathermen" and check out the progression from sit ins to blowing up police cars to robbing banks to taking hostages. Ever heard of Patty Hearst?
2006-09-07 14:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Chronic Observer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 70's!
2006-09-07 14:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Di 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was killed by the 80's under Ronald Reagan.
2006-09-07 14:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it didn't work because, people thought free love meant free sex, and most times sex leads to kids and kids leads to responsibility and to be responsible in society means to posses things.and most of the generation did not really want to give up there posse ions
2006-09-07 18:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After every-bodies heads cleared from smokin' pot, they had to get jobs because their parents thought they were all in school.
AND...they got hair cuts, bras, and turned into yuppies.
the end
2006-09-07 14:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by Vinny78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weed. Just like in the garden.
2006-09-07 14:38:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air cooled VW's got too expensive!
2006-09-07 17:09:50 · answer #9 · answered by PeterPanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ideas and society change with time. I think we kinda shifted to the "right" so to speak.
2006-09-07 14:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by Delta Charlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋