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hm. a lot of people imitating the cool punk kids indeed wore similar clothing and went to concerts of punk-ish bands. and indeed many original punk bands found
by pas 5y ago
hm. a lot of people imitating the cool punk kids indeed wore similar clothing and went to concerts of punk-ish bands.
and indeed many original punk bands found commercial success
does that somehow invalidate punks? at best it shows that - like all (?) things before it - punk was also consumed by consumerism.
- krapp 5y ago>does that somehow invalidate punks? Yes. When a movement whose entire thesis is "fuck the establishment" gets co-opted by the establishment, it becomes invalid as a movement, a hollow and pathetic shell of itself. Punk is anti-society, anti-religion, anti-government, anti-authority, anti-conformity, anti everything, even anti-music to a degree. Its relevance died as soon as the last punk lived past 30 and it became old people music. Just another style to buy at Hot Topic.