The 60’s hippies ? You are talking about a group of people who thought Marx wanted to do away with the state. When in reality, Marx was nothing but a tool for the state.
I think you are confusing hippies with political activists, I don’t recall real hippies talking about Marx or much politics at all, that was the conversation of the college kids and the political kids, the people interested in voting and politics and power, in getting degrees and being a part of the system, not the drop outs who wanted to get a shot gun and a pick up, and get back to the land, raise vegetables and rabbits, and be left alone.