"I know that the 'cool' take among leftists is to regard the flower power activists and cultural figures of the 60s, esp. hippies, as ineffective druggie CIA plant burnouts who got nothing done but I am steadfast in my belief that the ethos of peace/love/freedom was paramount in setting the precedent"
"In the 60s hippies actually tried to curtail consumer capitalism on an individual level. They actually lived in communes, thrifted their own clothes, promoted healthy living/vegetarianism and actively resisted the American imperialist war machine (which, mind you, ended the draft and lowered the vot"