Counterculture movement
The Hippie movement was called the counterculture because it rejected the prevailing social norms. This 1960’s movement involved a mixture of social concerns and beliefs. A Hippie’s main belief was that life was about being happy and not caring about what others thought. They rejected middle class values and were against nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War. They sought a new meaning in life. Hippies listen to folk music, psychedelic rock, and participated in alternative arts as part of their anti-establishment lifestyle. Of course the hippie movement was still strong in the 70s, but that's when all the hippie psicodelia went pop and glam.