• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The hippies I knew born in the 50s just wanted world peace and to stop racism. And wanted their pot to be legalized. And to listen to their rock and roll. And not have their books banned and have safe birth control….whoa, it’s like yesterday is today all over again.

    There was also a lot more dangerous cults running all over.

    boomer weren’t just white people. There was a lot of activism to end racism and to get unions in place.

    Their way of protesting was insane too. People were setting themselves on fire and purposely starving themselves. Self harm was a form of protest. They weren’t lying about that.