The feeling of not having a counter culture is probably exacerbated by the fact that "progressive" and "countercultural" have become somewhat conflated terms or

The feeling of not having a counter culture is probably exacerbated by the fact that "progressive" and "countercultural" have become somewhat conflated terms or concepts in the last decade. And almost all major corporations involve themselves in whatever the latest progressive social movement is. When every major corporation is doing something "countercultural" then it isn't really countercultural at all. It's mainstream.