Way too long for most to read, but, yes, the ‘60s counter-culture was invented by a previous generation, most of whom seem to have managed to avoid military service in WWII. Hippies were not young people who invented themselves, as boomers now want us to believe.
Where did you get that!?? Most boomers had no association withe the hippies other than the fact that we were all in the same age group.
You may rest well assured that there isn't a Boomer that I know who wants to either be associated with the hippies or who believes that the hippies were invented by Boomers.