What Was The Impact Of The Counterculture Movement

"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." The previous quote from Margaret Mead stated, which could be linked directly to the movement of the hippies. It is heavily debated whether the impact left from the "flower children" was good or bad. The Counterculture has played an important and positive role in shaping many generations, both past and present. Where did the counterculture movement come from and why did it begin? It started in the 1960s, when the group called the Hippies had emerged. They had figured out that the best way to live and enjoy life, was to do what you wanted and when you wanted and not caring what anyone else ever said about you. The group continually grew by the thousands bonding over music and drug use to free themselves from society's restraint it had
The way that you dress is quite a normal and easy way to express yourself, and the hippies saw that as one of the most effective ways as well, so bright colors and peace signs were one of the most popular trends among the clothing styles among the youth. Also, a way to show the natural side of life, they would let their hair grow out really long, both male and female. From that, bandanas and headbands became very popular trends in their culture (¨Bellatory¨). Another thing that had been greatly affected society was the slang terms that came out of their era as well. Words such as ¨groovy¨ which means something that is really cool and ¨bummer¨ which means something that was unfortunate. Music was also highly changed. The hippie era really gave the rock and roll age a spark into becoming very popular within the youth. Back then, society was obviously affected in many different ways due to the hippies and their new