This post is such utter nonsense, betraying no understanding of what the counterculture(s) in mostly the U.S., the U.K, and Europe, was (were) about, what they changed, what they came up with, and how they changed the whole value system and outlook of all who came afterwards.

The author of this post may bath in his/her ignorance and self-pity, in order to mask his/her "hopelessness" as a virtue of him/her being an adult, now, with his/her 42 years. But honestly: He/she knows shit.

He/she apparently doesn't know anything about the rise of feminism as mass movement, about environmentalism, religious developments, music, fashion — ever noticed that Hippie-ism brought colour (!) into fashion? — artistic explorations, organic agriculture, alternative medicine approaches, commune living, neighbourhood co-ops, community gardens, nonviolent resistance, "approproiate" technology (the computer technology in particular), the break-up of white exceptionalism, etc. etc. etc.

Which is ok. But he/she shouldn't lecture others on hope or hopelessness alike just because he/she is so damned limited in his/her imagination, historial education, and, in fact, in his/her outright reactionary attitudes.

Just to give the author of the post one easy to grasp little text to see some of the changes in all what has stayed the same, he/she may try this (for Pete's sake!):

Dougald Hine, “What good is information?”(Aeon, March 06, 2014) https://aeon.co/essays/how-can-we-be-bored-when-we-have-google

And if the author really wants to gain some understanding of the times he/she is babbling about, he/she should consult some history, e.g., via the archive of one of the U.S.'s most influential counter-cultural periodicals:

https://wholeearth.info/

And if the author wants to trace a few historical developments that indeed show how parts (!) of Hippie-ism first aligned, then merged, with political and economical right-wing Libertarianism, he/she should consult:

Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron, "The Californian Ideology" (Mute Magazine, September 1, 1995) https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology

Just for the crying fuck sake!