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What is the hippie movement in America?

In the United States in the 1960s, a considerable number of young people despised tradition, abandoned morality, consciously stayed away from the mainstream society, and expressed their rebellion against the real society in a unique way that the mainstream society could not see. These people are called "hippies", and the movement in which hippies participate and whose main content is the rebellion of culture and life is called "American hippie movement".

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Driven by rebellious self-consciousness, the hippie movement began its journey to the unknown world. It can be traced back to the mid-1950s, when new york and other places rebelled against traditional Biniki elements. These people advocate being far away from society and advocating "new life", "new literature" and "new art" They listened to jazz, opposed the traditional concept of gender, and created the word "hip", which is the first of hippie culture. The 1960s was a decade forgotten by Americans, but it was the most active, turbulent, eventful and chaotic decade in America. In such a confused society, American youth launched the hippie movement with their special values and lifestyles. Hippie culture spread in the United States and even the whole western world.