Televised "Revolution".

Flower power didn’t work because rebellion usurped community. The revolution became the new orthodoxy as ‘Hippie’ became a fashion statement rather than viable option. It was ‘hip’ to be against the establishment. The reason the movement failed was that a majority of the people didn’t really believe in the ideals they were preaching, they were more concerned with trying to be cool and capitalizing on the fad selling concert tickets, records, tie dyed T-shirts, bell-bottoms, drugs and paraphernalia, and books. The revolution was not only televised, it was commoditized, genre-sized, religionized, politicized, and therefore never realized.