Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)
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Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)
#2Meta: this needs a "(2014)" label in the title.
Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)
#3Meta: this needs a "(2014)" label in the title.
Wouldn’tve even noticed otherwise
Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)
#4Reminds me of this from 1986 (The Dead Kennedys), talking about the co-option of the Punk counter-culture by the mainstream:
Punk's not dead; it just deserves to die.
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#6there are still subcultures: the ones unpalatable to corporate interests; ones around topics that are illegal, very politically fringe, or centered on weird sex stuff
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#7there are still subcultures: the ones unpalatable to corporate interests; ones around topics that are illegal, very politically fringe, or centered on weird sex stuff
I would also add things that are unprofitable and/or participating in them requires a high degree of personal investment which can't be substituted with money.
Which describes a lot of things if you think about it.
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#8Dumpster diving is one of those sub-cultures that is hard to commodify. One of my kids prefers the ethics of dumpster diving. What a privilege.
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#9Dumpster diving is one of those sub-cultures that is hard to commodify. One of my kids prefers the ethics of dumpster diving. What a privilege.
Someone, somewhere out there is selling designer or artisanal-crafted dumpster diving shoes "for the very best comfort and agility during your homebrew solid-waste recovery activities."
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