^^^ Good posts, SAJ and IpMan. I've known several older ex-hippies who used to live on communes, and they've told me hilarious (and often sad) stories regarding the problems they encountered on communes --i.e -- the rampant egos, personality conflicts, theft problems, sexual jealousy issues, etc.
One of my theories regarding the hippie movement -- and one shared by a former hippie I know -- is that the whole movement was ruined by an influx of "lower-class" people into the movement. Such people -- call them "the masses", the "proles", the "riff-raff" or what have you -- ruined everything. The hippie movement seemed to briefly enjoy a certain period of success when it's memberhip was largely confined to the sons and daughters of upper and upper-middle class families.