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The wild thing is that any counter culture movement against consumerism tends to be swallowed by consumerism because if it can be commercialised it will be commercialised

There are more hated subcultures in America today than hippies.

"They wanna save the Earth but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad" 😂😂

I live in a house in the wild woods of Northern California that was built as the communal house for a commune called the Udder Truth. They had individual living spaces scattered throughout the property. Some were houses, some shacks, and one dude lived in the hollow of a dead old growth redwood tree. He ended offing himself in that tree and that tree finally fell this winter. End of an era. Anyway, like so many communes from that time it crashed and burned very, very quickly. After they disbanded my friend and his wife bought the property and made it an amazing place to live!

Swiss dude actually invented LSD, so technically it was the Swiss who figured out how to sell enlightenment in convenient packaging.

you either die a hippie, or live long enough to see yourself in a Pepsi commercial...

The Peace Corps did a lot more than "hang out." Their slogan was "The toughest job you'll ever love." Volunteers did things like build schools, construct roads, develop water and sewage systems, teach basic literacy, improve farming methods.

We're getting closer lads, to punks and/or metalheads 😉, great video as always 👍

Two recommended books for those interested in the subject: "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (1968) by Tom Wolfe documents the early beginnings of the hippies, from Allen Ginsberg and the Beat poets, through Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and the formation of the Grateful Dead. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson explores the decline and fall of the counterculture and the corruption of ideals that effectively killed the hippie movement.

There is a great line from Danny the dealer at the end of the film Withnail and I where he says "They're selling hippy wigs in Woolworth's" which sums it all up so perfectly how the era ended.

I dated a native/latin single mom, she was a hippie too. Believing in crystals, soulmate, energy, astrology and stuff. It lasted two years and she literally had the audacity to say that she now believes that there are multiple soulmates and she's in love with another man. I kicked her to the cirb and didn't look back at all. It hurt, but it must be done.

"no scoped in the back of a car".. yet again a line that tells you great things are ahead

They're selling hippy wigs in woolworths man.

A lot of people fail this format. You sir. Have absolutely fucking nailed it.

Was he quickscoped or no scoped? It can’t be both

I think people forget that the hippie movement wasn't that large, a lot of their look and some of their philosophy was coopted by the mainstream but actual hippies were pretty rare

This is so good, I’m late for my lunch break. You a great Jimmie. Worth it. Hippy Spirit back into work now.

Cool breakdown, Jimmy. Even-handed and fun. Respect for the work on the vid.

Interesting content! I've watched a few of your uploads... consistently good...I've Subscribed. Greetings from the French Alps.

Smashing them out the park Jimmy!! 2024 you've given us so Manny bangers already!

Love your work, think I'd watch you do a video on anything at this point.

It is grammatically impossible to say "Hippie" without saying "f***ing" before

Only just discovered your videos today. Quality content and appreciate the casual vibes.

Absolutely brilliant content recently.

I'm so glad I found your channel. Your videos are great

Thank you for showing us. You really know how to make videos interesting. Much respect to you sir. Great weekend to you as well.

binged this channel all night so much i overslept this morning and woke up to a new one 😂

Lovin these recent vids! Also Cab Calloway has a song about being "Hip to the Jive" way back in 1930s, cool to see how culture evolves

Great video dude 👊

Yet another top-class video from the Jimmythegiant team. Please keep making these. Peace man ✌️

Great Video mate 👍

Seems like a lot of these counter culture things die ironically by becoming a part of the culture

I'd be willing to bet that the draft had more to do with the growth of the hippie counterculture than any other one thing. Amazing video!

Jimmy, you don't miss mate! Brilliant videos, every single one!

The best KZfaqr for documentaries. He engages and adds humor, making it easy to understand him. Seriously, he could make a 1-hour video about someone I never knew before, and I would watch it fully.

This was another smash hit. Your compassion for humanity is apparent in your videos; while you may not agree with the subcultures you present, you try to put a human spin on it so that your viewers can more easily understand how things got that way. Bravo, m8.

Sharp Jimmy! I can dig it man😊

Great video! I'd love to see one where you examine metal heads!

Hi just found this channel. Great videos! Can I suggest one on Britain's most ridiculed (yet longest-lived) British subculture.......Trainspotting! Still going strong in 2024

You make great videos (I just found your channel). I was a teenager in the 60’s (U.S.) and this vid is so interesting. I was there, so to speak, have friends who lived in communes.

Another banger Video

The hippies are far from America’s most hated subculture, also it wasn’t really a national movement but relegated mostly to the west coast and the northeast. The majority of America were probably only aware of the existence of hippies due to Hollywood, which portrayed it primarily as the butt of some joke. I grew up in the Bible Belt and I can’t recall ever seeing any hippies at all throughout the 70’s. The country really became wary of them after the whole Manson episode which got linked in with the movement.

I bloody love this channel

Great video. Very fair-minded and insightful. Thanks!

I think you are really doin a great job at this. I honestly think this would be the way to educate kids; humor, enough tempo and still very informative and interesting. Also, Timothy Leary deserves a video of its own 😅 Great job 👍

I’d say the proto hippy movement was the Romantic period in England. Byron & Shelly and co. Shelly was a feminist, vegetarian, anarchist in early 19th century.

Cool stuff dude!

3 Jimmy videos this week how are you pumping these out

Another vid! Yes please! Ya gonna spoil us

In the thumbnail one of the policeman’s guns just turns into his leg

Also, there's a hippie commune here in Tennessee that's been going since 1972 I believe. They have harvest festivals and other gatherings and people come and go as they please as long as you contribute if you stay. I hope to visit this summer.

god damn jimmy your videos are always bangers these days, you're killing it. watch every new upload right until the end of the video because they are just so bloody entertaining!

Great video.

I learn so much from Jimmy's videos.

Today we embrace consumerism and we like to market ourselves, to get more likes, sometimes show ourselves to make more money. And if you are not sellable, you are not aprecciated. The thing is, what are you selling that is so unique that it could benefit my life? Money is just a tool, the problem is what you do with that tool.

If you haven’t yet, you really need to make a video on the mods & rockers in Britain, especially the Second Battle of Hastings conflict

This makes me long for an alternative to consumerism and conflict that's more sustainable. The problem is that the people radical enough to start a movement like this are also young and naïve, so they'll grow out of it before long. They also tend to be burnouts who don't want to work hard to build things that last.

Thanks for the awesome music, hippies! \o/

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Don’t forget the huge part played by the invention of The Pill and with it the sexual revolution… ‘free love’. The irony is that after the revolution, even as people continue to obsess over their identities, they are not even having more of better sex than before.

Id love a video about tedk mate loving these vids❤

The Farm, in Summer town Tennessee, is a commune started back then by Stephen and Ina May Gaskin, and it's actually still around. There are still original people living there,their kids and grandkids, newer people. Ive been camping there, it's pretty cool

LSD has definitely been one of the most important experiences of my life. It’s actually really helped me with weight loss/fitness. It’s the most inspiring drug I’ve ever used and I’ve used all of them.

Nice vid

I love your videos Jimmy

goths next please. keep up the good work!

@JimmyTheGiant [00:00:00]1 Introduction to America’s Most Hated Subculture Discusses the attitudes of the younger generation. Compares them to a race apart, with some wanting to be distinct. [00:01:04]2 The Story of the Hippies Explores the iconic counter-culture of the 1960s. Highlights their desire for a utopian society and eventual downfall. [00:01:19]3 1960s America and JFK’s Influence Describes the era as interesting with JFK’s presidency. Mentions JFK’s radical ideas and initiatives like the Peace Corps. [00:02:16]4 The Beginning of the Hippie Movement Points to JFK’s assassination as a pivotal moment. Discusses other significant events of the 1960s that influenced the movement. [00:03:17]5 San Francisco as the Hippie Capital Explains the city’s reputation and the hippies’ historical context. Traces the origins of the hippie movement back to Germany in the late 1890s. [00:05:13]6 The Beat Generation’s Influence Introduces the Beat Generation as the precursor to hippies. Describes their alternative lifestyle and philosophical influences. [00:07:57]7 Post World War II America Details the economic boom and the rise of consumerism. Critiques the suburban lifestyle and its impact on society. [00:11:02]8 The Rise of the Hippies Marks 1965 as a consolidating year for the hippie movement. Discusses their opposition to the Vietnam War and capitalism. [00:16:20]9 Hippie Communes and Alternative Societies Describes the communal living and rejection of traditional values. Highlights the growth of communes and their societal impact. [00:18:32]10 Hippie Spirituality and Philosophy Discusses the shift from Christianity to Eastern spiritual practices. Emphasizes the use of LSD for introspection and self-reflection. [00:22:18]11 Government Response to the Hippie Movement Details the government’s increasing concern over the movement. Describes the media’s role in shaping the public perception of hippies. [00:27:51]12 The Decline of Hippie Utopias Explains the challenges faced by large communes. Discusses the difficulty in maintaining communal responsibilities. [00:28:54]13 Legacy of the Hippie Movement Reflects on the lasting influence of hippies on technology and society. Acknowledges the movement’s critiques of mainstream culture.

Ledgen WAIT FOR IT DARY video Jimmy, very nice work. I just wish shrooms and LSD was a lot more easier to get hold of.

‘Americas most beloved subculture: Cowboys’

Hey, Jimmy! I just got back into your content, and I was wondering what happened to the parkour

Good look at that time and like the fun style - only thing I feel is a big miss is the Charlie Manson episode which is generally looked at as the end of that era, the dark side of hippy life. Any reason you didn't include that? Will defo check out more of your stuff.

pls pls pls do a video on the aussie eshay subculture pls pls pls

Nice video

2:02 because of him actual being a good politician not a evil person

@JimmyTheGiant To add onto the hippie culture, maybe you can do a video about rave culture in both the 90's and the 2000's which I personally think was heavily influenced by hippie culture in its second wave iteration in the early 2000's.

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This video reminds me of the short lived Grunge movement , which is also still felt today. Would love to see a video on that.

20:42 and it kinda stayed that way to this day LMAO

Hippie Art had touches of Edwardian Mod which was a thing in the 60’s too. The Beats had influence from The Existential’s Paris underground intellectuals who rebelled. My mum was a Hippie. They had a lot of valid principles.

That's funny! "Brian and Barbara are doing yoga and talking about soy products." My name is Brian, and my mom's name is Barbara, but we don't do yoga and talk about soy very often. Nor are we married even though we live in Alabama, USA. [snare drum] The hippies really died @ Altamont. Why they thought the Hells Angel's would be good security at a Rolling Stones concert is beyond me. The whole hippie movement died during the song "Sympathy for the Devil" during that concert.

Wow, I have never been to one of these so early; guess I should thank my dog for waking me up lol

A subculture you may be interested is the bosuzoku! They are crazy car enthusiasts with a sad backstory. Love the many videos btw❤

No, Diogenes was the first hippie

"And then he got f***ing no scoped in the back of a car!" 😂

How about making a video about the Anarcho-Punks of the 1980's and beyond? I was a Hunt Sabouteur from 1981 - 1987. From about 1982, the Anarcho-Punks stated to come along and I met quite a few of them. They were basically 'New Hippies' and there was a commune ( Squat ) called 'The Peace Centre'. The band Crass were probably the most well known Band ( although I prefered Conflict ), and came out of a place called DIAL HOUSE in Epping. It would be good if you could make a video about the movement. Lastly, to me, Hippy is a state of being. I'm 63, and still have a Hippy heart.

13:47 That must be a terrible experience - wheat is spiky as hell

The irony of the hippies is they thought enlightenment was achieved through more - more drugs, more sex etc. Buddhism, Taoism and pretty much any other religion/spirituality says to let go of desire and attachments.

14.30. 😂Bruv the only way you can know that is if you've been there🤣🤣

Love abit of JimmyTheGiant on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in Britain 🇬🇧 😎 👌

The coke ad song is nicer if you take the indefinite article before coke, in the chorus.

The Ford Anglia 105E you showed came out in 1959… so not post war. And it was a UK car and was never sold in America. And Ford didn’t start during the War it had been around since 1909.

Bruh you on one with this triple release

It's been a long strange Trip \o/

I'm waiting for you to make a video about brazil most hated sub-culture: Funk.

Hey, don’t knock hippies, they invented tied-dyed t-shirts…

didn't understood the at first the first philosopher he mentioned :'D Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Hermann Hesse.

A lot of the impetus for the 1970s women's movement was that when women joined the civil rights and anti-war movements, and communes, they were still expected to make the coffee, take notes, cook, clean, and take care of the children while the men spoke and ran things. These "revolutionaries" were no more enlightened than the "squares".

Essay incoming: Personally, I think like most movements, particularly extreme liberal and extreme conservative movements, it starts out with logical reasoning and good hearted motives that I think most people subscribe to on some level, but then along the way it gets derailed by a load of sheep who only signed up to be part of a trend that looked fun to join. Most followers don't really understand what they're saying or doing, and this is where big problems in society start to arise as a consequence. The main issue with any movement is the followers in effect form a cult and they assume their truth is the only truth and push for radical unrealistic change even if their solution is an overall net detriment to the rest of the world. They become blind, delusional and stop seeing reality, all in the name of achieving their own objectives. It's a particularly selfish and irresponsible thing fuelled with a contradiction of good heartedness and ignorance. It becomes self sabotage from people who are deeply convinced they are doing the right thing. In effect, most movements end up becoming fascist in nature. Sounds a bit extreme, but it's true. Not all fascists are violent and what not. With the hippies specifically, it's one thing to dream of a utopia, it's another thing to actualise it. This is the ultimate problem with hippies. They didn't think it through. They didn't think about the consequences of chasing the utopia and abandoning the status quo would have on society. They never really asked why the status quo existed in the first place and what the consequences of changing it would be. They arrogantly declared they knew the way, discarding 100s of years of knowledge in the process. For example, they didn't understand the economics and how societies are kept afloat on a practical level. They legit thought if we all wen't back to living in nature that we'd live in a perfect tranquil safe society, when in reality, law and order would disappear as a result of a collapsed economy, and the consequently violence, rape, murder, etc, would all become rampant. People never think about this stuff when they dream of utopia. Ultimately, they were naive, ignorant, arrogant, selfish and self righteous people who took the luxury of living in a first world society for granted, not understanding that most people did actually understand "the American dream" and consumerism wasn't perfect, but accepted the trade off as it allowed millions of people to live in relative safety, harmony and an abundance of resource of unprecedented levels seen in practically the entire human history. In a nutshell, hippies wanted to fight against the status quo not really understanding that the utopia they were trying to achieve would be the very thing that would destroy the society they so massively benefited from, the very society that gave them such liberal freedom to become hippies in the first place. The irony. Imo, like all movements there are pros and cons. Personally, the main thing I took from the hippies is to not get too caught up with money and what not, just enjoy the basic things in life. Consumerism is a by product of capitalism, but it isn't be default bad, it's just how you utilise it to make the life that makes you happy. You can either be a captain of it, or you can be a slave to it. Also, as a musician, I adore the music that came out of the 60s with all my heart!! That said, what I also see as a negative consequence of such liberal movement is huge damage to how the plutonic family looks like in the west, and the average persons values on monogamy, marriage, gender roles, etc, and deeper, the declining birth rates we are seeing today. The hippies were a catalyst for allowing sexual freedom, homosexuality, casual drug use, etc etc. These things, whilst I think people have every right to do these things, on a mass scale however they are very damaging for society, and I think the effects we are seeing in full swing today. Do I need to go into all the craziness we've seen over the last 20 years or so? I think the craziness is partially, if not predominately, a side effect of the 60s liberal movements. Dare I say, even John Lennon was wrong to an extent.

you the man