Comments on: Where did hippies come from? https://www.isegoria.net/2018/12/where-did-hippies-come-from/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Questa Nota https://www.isegoria.net/2018/12/where-did-hippies-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-2722301 Questa Nota Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:21:16 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44235#comment-2722301 Need to mention Beatniks and their influence. Also look at poets in the 1950s and early 1960s for theirs, too.

]]> By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2018/12/where-did-hippies-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-2717584 Faze Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:16:29 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44235#comment-2717584 Hippies (of which I was one) descend in a straight line from Puccini’s “La Boheme” crowd, through the purplish fin de siecle artists and their patrons, Greenwich Village of the 20s and 30s, back-to-nature types, to the Beats — with the added spice of birth control, LSD, a loosey goosey style of rock and role with sexy girl singers, Beatle-sanctioned long hair, California living, and the permissiveness unleashed by the loss of establishment credibility in the Vietnam War.

One way hippies differed from previous incarnations of bohemia was in status accorded to drugs and those with access to them. The drug dealer — small or large — was a major figure.

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2018/12/where-did-hippies-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-2716231 Adar Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:34:44 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44235#comment-2716231 Nature Boy was always a term for the professional wrestler who was noted for nudity and exposing his body. Frequenting nudist colonies, etc.

Buddy Rogers, Ric Flair, etc.

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