28 May 2020

HIPPIES AND PEACE, 50 YEARS LATER

When I saw the prompt word for today, I thought that the word peace was a word which was used all the time when I was a young girl 50 years ago ! It was the time of the Hippies the Beatles and the "Peace & Love" time ! There was Woodstock and a revolution of the youth against the establishment, and rules of the adults.

When I look at the following pictures I think it's sad,  nothing has changed ! The revolution and the cries for peace have vanished in the air. The hippies who wanted to change the world and protest against wars, became just like their parents, Mum, Dad, kids, house, job all honest and quiet people. Only the music has changed. Back then, parents heard piano music and violin while we their children, and our children still listen to  the Beatles, Elvis, Rollings Stones etc.

Those who in their 20th or younger fought for peace and against war, live more or less today like their parents did, and are meanwhile grandparents too !

What is left of the youth revolution 50 years ago?

The fashion that keeps coming back, the music, but the peace hasn't come, there is still war around. Our parents survived (or not) WWII, we don't have World Wars anymore, we have now to fight against an unknown Virus who has locked down the whole world.

That has never happened.





















Lockdown phase 2.2



linking to Linda.G. Hills One liner Wednesday - Peace

4 comments:

  1. It is sad. The practicalities wear people down as they leave their youthful ideals behinds. I love the second slogan.

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  2. We, humans, are quite helpless. We cannot change the world, just as we cannot change the climate now. We only think we can.
    I believe in God as the Omnipotent power, and this makes me less naive, less believing in slogans.

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  3. I'm too young to remember the Hippie movement. Would love for some type of change in the world but injustices will be around forever.

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  4. While countries still want to put themselves first and not think of others it's hard to see how we will ever truly have peace or combat world problems.

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