The internet didn’t kill counterculture, it's just not on Instagram (2021)
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The internet didn’t kill counterculture, it's just not on Instagram (2021)
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#4Counterculture has always been exploited by commercial interests to sell and be cool.
So this is a moving target. You can surely find counterculture of yester on instagram.
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#5> To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform which may come in the form of betraying or divesting from your public online self.
Interesting enough quote, maybe obvious but maybe a nice reminder too.
> Search Google Images for ‘counterculture’ and it overwhelmingly returns black-and-white photos of young people all now over 60.
I just love the idea of some social media addicted teenager trying to break free and google image searching "counterculture"... I'm sure that was me c.2005
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#6Internet-era counterculture was developing en force during Occupy Wall Street and with figures like Snowden, Manning, and Assange. It scared the shit out of the powers-that-be and they worked over years to destroy the ability to form grassroots organizations.
A lot of their weapons are focused on divide & conquer and making us fight one another over identity politics and our small differences. A few toxic ideologues (and ideologies) were essentially stuck on the equivalent of an enclosed train and shipped to the heart of the problem, and the establishment amplified their voices a thousandfold with the outlets they had available to them.
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#8I think this is well-written and argued but juxtaposed with the rest of the magazine it is simple hypocrisy. All of the fashion photo collections on the site feature only huge brands like Fendi, Gucci, LV, Saint Laurent, Prada. They are using the web, and YouTube, as a conduit to advertise Big Fashion under the banner of art.
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#9The internet used to be counterculture. Now it’s the mall.
Those of us who feel nostalgia for the countercultural internet … I fear we’re too old to be admitted into current counterculture. We are the culture the youths are countering.
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#10“Actual power keeps a low profile; actual power doesn’t need a social media presence, it owns social media.”
So where does Elon fit in here?