In Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier', he rails against 'sandal-wearing... pistachio-coloured shirts... vegetarians... doing yoga exercises...' types of people ruining the socialist cause. We'd call them hippies today, but Orwell wrote this book in the 30s. Who were these inter-war hippies? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier', he rails against 'sandal-wearing... pistachio-coloured shirts... vegetarians... doing yoga exercises...' types of people ruining the socialist cause. We'd call them hippies today, but Orwell wrote this book in the 30s. Who were these inter-war hippies?

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Further, is the social movement Orwell is describing related to the 60s on-wards movement? And, where did it originate from?

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There is of course always more to add, but you might want to check out the answers in this thread: What does George Orwell mean when he said that "fruit juice drinkers" and "sandal-wearers" were attracted to socialism?, by /u/custardy and /u/crrpit.