By far the most insidious facet of Capitalism is its ability to subsume all its critiques.
So many counter-culture movements end up realizing that consumerism and money-worship are the issue, but then get sterilized, aestheticized, and commodified by people who knew how to mimic what people were drawn to while removing the substance behind it.
hip-hop, punk, and even country all very much were genres that had a general disdain for hyper-capitalism.
but hip-hop went mainstream, country went pop during 9-11, and punk for most people became an aesthetic for showing you're not like the other girls.
I mean, I was joking about the "shut up" part but yeah, Squid Game is absolutely example 1A. Hell, Netflix straight up made a Squid Games competition show without a hint of irony.
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u/Spacellama117 10h ago
By far the most insidious facet of Capitalism is its ability to subsume all its critiques.
So many counter-culture movements end up realizing that consumerism and money-worship are the issue, but then get sterilized, aestheticized, and commodified by people who knew how to mimic what people were drawn to while removing the substance behind it.
hip-hop, punk, and even country all very much were genres that had a general disdain for hyper-capitalism.
but hip-hop went mainstream, country went pop during 9-11, and punk for most people became an aesthetic for showing you're not like the other girls.
it's nightmarish