I will try to help you. Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang a song called Woodstock. If you read the verse carefully, you might understand better.
The hippie movement worldwide was very significant. Some of it's positive influences were womens' rights, gay rights, black rights. People who identified with this movement were for the most part war babies (born after WWII).The USA was never better. The 50's was a wonderful time to be a kid in the US. Mothers still left the baby carriage and baby outside of the supermarket under the awning while they went inside to shop a bit. Rock and Roll was fresh off the launching pad and all ours. By the time the 60's rolled around we were off to college, John Kennedy was president, everything was so right.
Then came Viet Nam. That changed everything along with Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Millions of twenty year olds all over the world protested that war, as well as everything else that represented 'the system.' Pink Floyd sang 'we don't want your education.' CCR and John Fogerty sang ' I ain't no military man's son." Buffalo Springfield sang 'four dead in Ohio.' Woodtock represents that movement's most significant attempt to gather in one place at Lester's Farm for world peace, no wars, living the ideals of equality, fairness, brotherhood.
In reality though it was Woodtock which signified the beginning of the end. People got older, began to make money, charge it on the visa. It was a great period of time though that has left it's ,mark on the world until today. It gave birth to some of the most beautiful music and verse written in the past century. It gave us Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Momma Cass, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Van Morrison,and I am leaving out thousands of others. It gave birth to better opportunities in life for countless women and minority groups, never mind the huge advancement made by black men and women. The word black instead of negroe even stems from that period. Advancements were made in agriculture, and environmental improvent. Millions found courage to change their lives from the expected and boring to a challenge, an excitement, a joy, to a life that stemmed from the blood and p heart. People all over the world began to love and respect others in a far more significant and caring way. The sixties , I believe, is the beginning of more mixed marriages, blacks and whites, but also Chinese and Jew, Indian and English, etc... The sixties gave us long hair and lastly, it was a wonderful time to be a man. The quickest, easiest, and best sex I ever had was in my twenties. It was truly that good. Ask any man who lived it.
Sadly though it also gave us drugs, too much drugs. We must never forget that fact and it must be emphasized. Many died or severely screwed up their lives. A very good friend of mine died while swimming and drugged after Woodstock. Another was killed in an auto accident. They were 23 and 19 years of age.
