I joined the cohort at the end, in 1960. The writer Toynbee was there at Peak Flower Child, and reports on the derailment that followed in the context of a new exhibition in London.
Did we baby boomers bring about a revolution in the 60s or just usher in neoliberalism? by Polly Toynbee (The Guardian)
... But the curators end with a reminder of another child of the flower children: out of all this revolution against “the system” came a “me” individualism that grew into neoliberalism. Early hippy ideals of silicon valley soon morphed into each-for-yourself, pay no taxes, screw all governments. Anti-establishment “freedom” has many dark sides and the Beatles had it right: “We all want to change the world / But when you talk about destruction / Don’t you know that you can count me out”.
