How Did The Counterculture Change American Culture

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Radical anti-war protesters brought many challenges to the American culture. Counterculture had dramatic growth in 1966 and 1967. When young people rejected traditional politics, social values, and corporate consumerism. These young people were called hippies. They rejected attempts to change American society and chose to check out of society. They formed their own communities throughout the United States. Mostly in sections of San Francisco. They relied on sharing their possessions and responsibilities and not on consumerism. Members of the counterculture communities showed their lifestyle changes by their new attitudes toward drugs, sex, popular culture and politics. They often brought popular music and drugs together to reflect political