Why Are There Hippies?

Answer 1

Because a functional society needs people at its fringes, both to clarify the boundary and, in extreme times, to pull society back from an opposite extreme. With hippies in particular, I think the function is kind of like a pressure valve.

I want to say it's a response to an overly regimented society, but I'm not sure I can say that, because many of the hippies I've met from my generation aren't the children of overly regimented parents, but rather the children of older hippies.

There have always been back-to-the-earth movements and groups that flouted society's laws and tried to be more "natural." Hippies, I think, are one of these movements. I don't think this makes them right, and I don't think it makes them wrong, but I do think they're a useful part of society, both in serving as a counterexample to keep people on track and as a counterweight to keep us from getting too rigid as a nation.

Answer 2

Hippie, usually spelled hippy in the United Kingdom, refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that began in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. Hippies, along with the New Left and the civil rights movement, are considered the three dissenting groups of the 1960s counterculture movement.

Hippies were part of a youth movement composed mostly of white teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 years-old. Inheriting a tradition of cultural dissent from the bohemians and the beatniks, hippies rebelled against established institutions, criticized middle class values, opposed the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of non-Judeo-Christian religions, promoted sexual liberation, and created intentional communities, leading some to describe hippies as a new religious movement. By 1968, self-described hippies had become a significant minority, representing just under 0.2 percent of the U.S. population.

Hippies opposed "political and social orthodoxy", choosing a "gentle and nondoctrinaire" politics that favoured "peace, love, and personal freedom." They perceived the dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised undue power over their lives, calling this culture "The Establishment," "Big Brother," or "The Man." The hippie ethos spread worldwide through a fusion of early rock, folk, blues and psychedelic rock. Hippie culture also found expression in literature, the dramatic arts, as well as visually, such as in film, posters advertising rock concerts, and LP album covers.

The 21st century has brought with it a neo-hippie movement, with an ethos similar to that of the original hippies.

Answer 3

hippies no longer exist bro.
but they arose out of the constricts of a newly post mega war society, and a newly huge drug industry.
combine that with the rock and roll explosion and you've got hippies.
hippies existed in the 60s and 70s.
today there are smelly dirty acidheads but they are not the same...
and if they are trying to be, then they need to wake the fck up.
the world has changed.

Answer 4

To promote love, peace, sex, and the pursuit of getting high.

Answer 5

Because they need something to do in college before they become yuppies.

Answer 6

>>>>Read ThatGirl's answer.,

.,.,.,.,., There are Hippies to balance our world.,

c',)

Answer 7

Dave's not here man.

Answer 8

so that we can make fun of them

Answer 9

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll!!!!!!!