Any decent counter-culture doesn’t give a damn about capitalism, almost by definition… at least in the US. Also, in my limited experience with the C-C, people are mainly doing things for themselves or to impress a small group of peers without much regard to what the larger world thinks.
Another thing… the corporate monoculture creates it…
Any decent counter-culture doesn’t give a damn about capitalism, almost by definition… at least in the US. Also, in my limited experience with the C-C, people are mainly doing things for themselves or to impress a small group of peers without much regard to what the larger world thinks.
Another thing… the corporate monoculture creates its own version of a counter-culture to sell to people and many people can’t tell the difference.
All good points. I’m thinking of a counterculture that speaks to more than a small audience of like-minded folks. A counterculture that challenges and changes the dominant cultural. But that kind of counterculture does have a short shelf life, doesn’t it?
Countercultures do seem to burn out pretty quickly. Punk was, what ‘77 to ‘79? The movements get commodified and the frontier of dissent moves someplace else.
Any decent counter-culture doesn’t give a damn about capitalism, almost by definition… at least in the US. Also, in my limited experience with the C-C, people are mainly doing things for themselves or to impress a small group of peers without much regard to what the larger world thinks.
Another thing… the corporate monoculture creates its own version of a counter-culture to sell to people and many people can’t tell the difference.
All good points. I’m thinking of a counterculture that speaks to more than a small audience of like-minded folks. A counterculture that challenges and changes the dominant cultural. But that kind of counterculture does have a short shelf life, doesn’t it?
Countercultures do seem to burn out pretty quickly. Punk was, what ‘77 to ‘79? The movements get commodified and the frontier of dissent moves someplace else.
Who was the last punk band? X? Jim Carroll Band?
I’d like to blame the British for killing it…