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I hate how a hobby/profession must be a lifestyle or worldview. I'm interested in breaking things, so now I have to hate my dad? He's the one who got me inter

• krapp 10y ago
  But "breaking things" is kind of an anti-establishment act by definition. You may not agree with it, but anarchist ideology was a fundamental part of hacker culture long before computer literacy became mainstream. The modern usage is a corruption of an ideal.
  • dimino 10y ago
    I get that, but I hate it.
    • krapp 10y ago
      fair enough.
    • contravariant 10y ago
      Now I'm not sure if that is anti-establishment or not.
      • krapp 10y ago
        Yuppies were the children of hippies who rebelled against their parents by embracing conservatism, so it wouldn't be without precedent. How do you counter the counterculture when it wins and just becomes culture?