If JFK lived, would the counterculture still happen?

It started in the 50s with the beatniks.

>>1497648
I'm talking about the counterculture expanding into a huge revolutionary movement that had a lasting impact on mainstream society to this day.

Some sort of counter-culture, yes, but without the effect his murder had on the national psyche, and depending on what he does in Vietnam, it probably won't be the same.

You'll still get Civil Rights and drugs/LSD (though in the case of the latter, nobody has really ever given me a concise answer as to why marijuana use suddenly skyrocketed in 1964-1966).

>>1497652
America has always had contentious politics.

>>1497655
It's widely believed that he wouldn't escalate Vietnam nearly as much as LBJ did, and it's also widely believed that LBJ's escalation of Vietnam is the main reason the small counterculture movement turned revolutionary. Combine that with no damaging effect on the national psyche and I'd imagine that the 1960s would be a lot less turbulent

Why is JFK treated as a a hero by Americans, while Nixon is absolutely vilified? Nixon from day one was working to end US involvement in Vietnam, while JFK was a warmonger who almost started ww3 while ramping up Vietnam.

Ive always wondered what wouldve happened if RFK wasnt assassinated