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There is no obvious counter-cultural movement in the West because there is nothing deemed subversive enough by major institutions that hasn't been commercialize
by the-printer 3y ago
There is no obvious counter-cultural movement in the West because there is nothing deemed subversive enough by major institutions that hasn't been commercialized to some extent. If we are viewing things on a political spectrum, the right and the left each claim to be bucking the values and traditions of "the establishment" with the approval and encouragement of both sides of the "establishment" one way or the other.
- nemo44x 3y agoIndeed. The system will co-opt whatever is valuable and fortify its power. It’s not long for it to become the official policy of your favorite credit card and bank. Well, Occupy didn’t but that was sort of just swept away into something that could.