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I was watching a History channel show the other day on the '60s and '70s, and they continuously referred to the politically active "hippies" as "counter-culture" activists. I think they were making a necessary distinction between hippies who wanted free love and weed, but didn't actively pursue anything, and the "counter-culture" movement which made dramatic statements and movements.
I think that the counter-culture movement eventually degraded into the connotation of hippies today; not many are political activists. Most are lazy pot-smokers with an obsession with nature, holistic healing “techniques,” and very little political unity.
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