Hello friends,
You noticed I referred to Hippies when they seemed to emerge back in the 1960s well Being a hippie is a culture, a belief system, and a code of behavior. I recall seeing the tail end of "The Beat Generation" another counter-culture (For the subculture surrounding the literary movement, see Beatnik. For the more, see Beat Generation (play).) And for even more information, a good place to go is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_GenerationI I googled this term for the 1960s and this is what came up:
"In the 1960's, there were many counterculture movements. This included civil rights, feminism, protesting the Vietnam war, segregation, sexual revolution and many more. It is argued that those came from the left of the political spectrum. To me, it was more of an intergenerational change."
I was in contact with all these aspects through the people I knew and associated with in the music/art scene in New York City's Greenwich Village. The main subculture that philosophically touched me the most and though I couldn't immerse myself into it entirely was The Hippies. The term? "I am Hip" means you understand something. " Hey, Joe is that a gun it is dangerous.", "I'm hip man."
From: People also ask: How did the term hippie originate?
"The movement originated on college campuses in the United States, although it spread to other countries, including Canada and Britain. The name derived from “hip,” a term applied to the Beats of the 1950s, such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, who were generally considered to be the precursors of hippies."
Do hippies exist today? Yes. For an up-to-date assessment go to this article: https://medium.com/@stardustmusings1/hippie-culture-2022-same-spirit-new-era-65e4827349dd and discover what the current status of hippies is.
This link really comes close to my experiences and who I crossed paths with:
https://digilab.libs.uga.edu/exhibits/exhibits/show/civil-rights-digital-history-p/counterculture