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The hippies were a tiny minority in the 60s with an outsized cultural influence and legacy, especially in hindsight.

You cannot compare 50% holding "traditional values" (for lack of a better word) today with an unrealistic view of how the 60s have supposedly been. It's pretty certain that back then even more people than 50% held that view.




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