“Make love, not war,” a popular anti-war slogan that emerged in the 1960s, represented a principled belief that ultimately created the counterculture and explained the simplicity of ideals that the counterculture the counterculture era embraced. The counterculture consisted of many parts of society that encouraged the transformation of attitudes toward society in middle-class, mostly white, young Americans. Characteristics that supported the counterculture movement included hippies, drug culture, the sexual revolution, music, and literature. When combined, these creative aspects formed the counterculture and caused people to think and act differently than before. People during this period lived by a similar ethic and expressed it in a variety of ways, changing their appearance and general daily lives as the war progressed and gaining a different perspective on violence. During the 1960s, Americans began to realize the unjust horrors of war and thus developed a feeling of unease towards the government. The Vietnam War (1959-1975) was a major contributor to the counterculture. Initially, many thought the war and intervention in Vietnam were necessary, but as the war progressed, people began to see the unjust destruction. Due to the change in attitude towards war and violence in general, people organized protests and other anti-war movements and led it to further promote peace and love, which leads to other ideas of the counterculture. This movement greatly influenced America because the transformation of beliefs regarding war and violence had caused great social unrest and impacted all other aspects of people's lives. The birth of the counterculture essentially established several ideologies that emphasize… the medium of paper… During the 1960s, the era of counterculture emerged from American society. Drug culture, hippies, the sexual revolution, literature and music did much to influence the attitudes and ideals of the late 20th century. Every aspect of the counterculture has influenced people's ideologies and lifestyles. They developed a new sense of creativity that had never been seen in previous years in the United States. People experimented beyond their comfort levels and developed ideals that contradicted restrictive ones before the movement. The counterculture has left an everlasting impact. The emphasis on hippies, drugs and other aspects of society during the 1960s diminished, but towards the end of that century, long hair and colorful clothes became a trend, and excessive drug use led to overdoses and addictions, including many Vietnamese people. War veterans.