Beatnik’s were mere pop culture posers of 50’s liberal beat generation advant garde cool, pre-cursors to the filthy socialist bum hippies.
Both social curses were encouraged by ample KGB support on college campuses, media and arts.
We’re screwed now that beatnik and hippy social refuse run gov’t, education, media, and arts.
The USSR won just as Kruschev warned.
Perhaps, you have pronounced an obituary, a bit too soon. Let’s see...