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Hippies, Travellers, Freaks, Punks, Peace Tramps, New Agers -- can you still be what you were then, now that you're older?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) May 26th, 2017

One thing I really admire about Hillary Clinton is that although she is about 20 something years older than me, she still has the ‘something’ of the dream many liberals and counter-culture people had in the late 1960s and early ‘70s—even though 45–50 years have passed. And its still relevant to young people today.

Bernie’s even older and even more relevant to millennials— now, I never said I share their political views— I just admire how the vision they have has been around over all this time.

Peter, Paul and Mary—and some of the Folk movement, still somehow remain who they are. But most gave way to NPR type classicism.

There have been many counter-culture trends from the l950s through the 1990s where young people had a vision for a better world. But those movements were usually associated with youth and young people. Now that you’re between 40 and 70 something, can you still associate with the vision and the movement in ways that are relevant? Can you still have the look and lifestyle in middle age?

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