The word Hippie was a play on the word hipster. It became a meme for anyone with long hair rejoicing conventional social norms and dress. The broad category was 'counter culture'.
There was no original hippie, there was a cultural evolution.
Socially Ginsberg was very influential. An established poet. Hoffman was influential as was Timothy Leary for that matter. Hippies and drugs went hand in hand.
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