The hippies were mostly just that generation’s model of teenagers. It was older people who politicized them and labeled them. They knew no more about politics than kids know now, maybe a bit less.
Well, the hippies called themselves hippies and their anthems were sung by people like Bob Dylan. They saw themselves as a movement and it definitely involved politics. That’s different from other generations like the teenagers of the 50’s who were full of life and spirit and also has a lot of fun, but it was generally much cleaner. The 50’s teenagers didn’t care much about politics or movements.
The Beatnik thing began in the 50’s but that was underground and I think a lot of older people and some fairly perverse people.