The idea of a counter culture is always interesting to those who want to partake of it, and always hated by the power structure. That same power structure came up with the 'congradulated sellout' as a thing, the yuppie. So now everyone thinks the 60s were just some phase for malcontents rather than a time that brought up issues which we are now seeing as bigtime problems. A few of those issues; healthcare, environment, education.
The society spent the next 20-30 years rolling back any advances, getting clever, and completely evil, and breaking dissidents except for the Leninistic controlled opposition.
Young people from the 90's on have never been able to even explore who they are because of an oppressive, demented, micromanaging society that has way more power than it should. The internet just accelerated this direction.
Now the young have to gulp down drugs while still in single digits because it makes them more compliant for indoctrination.
Society, and the blind methane sniffers that run it think they won because their oppression results in idiocy and meaningless squandering of the life force. The issues they offer in contrived and antiseptic form simply aren't. Meanwhile more billionaires, gee thanks.
The final surrender is the lethargic slow clap for pathetic politicians. Its bad out there, and we haven't even hit bottom yet.
Fortunately the methane sniffers are buisy running their sham society into whatever walls they can find to extract the capital. They are possessed as fuck, home to more entities than a rotting corpse to maggots. Its going to reveal the cracks to brave and intrepid explorers, and as this occurs the big bank account bullshit ride of the last several decades will face a new counterculture, and this one will be out for blood.
Thanks for a provocative article, definitely worth the read.
I do apologize for my late response, but thank *you* for the thought-provoking comment!
I definitely agree with the compliance towards indoctrination, and part of me wonders when the dam is going to break. There are certainly people who benefit from a somnambulist society, but the hopeful part of me would like to think that they haven't captured the most meaningful aspects of the human condition.
Will the future be entropic and, at best, subject to a few hollow and symbolic pendulum swings (the '10s culture war comes to mind), or can there be someone who shakes the mass to its core?
The difference is todays rebellion is on the hard right. I am at the elder end of Gen X being 58. and 15 years ago I was a left wing anarchist, and now I am alt-right adjacent, never once did I embrace normie pro establishment politics. So I actually think your generation does have rebels they are just right wing rebels, and being right wing they are more low key than the woke, who are in essence shock troops of the establishment. I would suggest reading "The Prudentalist," he has a Substack and youtube channel to get a feel for what this modern anti-establishment right wing rebellion looks like.
I initially thought this at a younger age (when the anti-PC movement was at its strong point), but there are quite a few right-wing charlatans as well. When I speak of rebellion, I don't solely mean being contrarian to the existing mainstream establishment; I suppose I'm referring to a holistic non-conformist streak as well (it was a long-winded post, so I mentioned a lot of topics, haha). I'm a bit idealistic, so I personally think that when human nature is accounted for, almost any political system is theoretically possible.
Thank you for the recommendation; I think he's in his 30s, so certainly not *Gen Z*. I do think there is an ever-present danger in being a political ideologue of either kind (I think the "Dissident Right" or whatever on Substack is a bit cult-like in its own right), but I will read more into it. Have a good day!
Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad that you took the time to read through my ideas! I know I'm vicariously nostalgic for the '90s, but I truly get the impression that art has suffered a decline (a Downwards Spiral, one might say)... that's partly what spurred my article as well :D
Thank you! I was worried that no one could follow my stream-of-consciousness, but it seems that you were able to do so! I greatly enjoyed your "You are NOT the main character" article--it put a lot of my thoughts in a much more succinct manner!
Haha can I give you a suggestion though? consider dividing your article into two parts for better readability. There's so much wisdom in each of your writings that it deserves to be read slowly. Splitting it up could give both you and your readers more time to fully understand and appreciate the nuances 😀
I initially tried something along the lines of that with Ideological Sanctimony, and now look back upon it as an article that could've said more, had I not ended the train right then and there... it's so much work to compartmentalize my thought-trains and divide them further! But thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to keep it in mind!
The idea of a counter culture is always interesting to those who want to partake of it, and always hated by the power structure. That same power structure came up with the 'congradulated sellout' as a thing, the yuppie. So now everyone thinks the 60s were just some phase for malcontents rather than a time that brought up issues which we are now seeing as bigtime problems. A few of those issues; healthcare, environment, education.
The society spent the next 20-30 years rolling back any advances, getting clever, and completely evil, and breaking dissidents except for the Leninistic controlled opposition.
Young people from the 90's on have never been able to even explore who they are because of an oppressive, demented, micromanaging society that has way more power than it should. The internet just accelerated this direction.
Now the young have to gulp down drugs while still in single digits because it makes them more compliant for indoctrination.
Society, and the blind methane sniffers that run it think they won because their oppression results in idiocy and meaningless squandering of the life force. The issues they offer in contrived and antiseptic form simply aren't. Meanwhile more billionaires, gee thanks.
The final surrender is the lethargic slow clap for pathetic politicians. Its bad out there, and we haven't even hit bottom yet.
Fortunately the methane sniffers are buisy running their sham society into whatever walls they can find to extract the capital. They are possessed as fuck, home to more entities than a rotting corpse to maggots. Its going to reveal the cracks to brave and intrepid explorers, and as this occurs the big bank account bullshit ride of the last several decades will face a new counterculture, and this one will be out for blood.
Thanks for a provocative article, definitely worth the read.
I do apologize for my late response, but thank *you* for the thought-provoking comment!
I definitely agree with the compliance towards indoctrination, and part of me wonders when the dam is going to break. There are certainly people who benefit from a somnambulist society, but the hopeful part of me would like to think that they haven't captured the most meaningful aspects of the human condition.
Will the future be entropic and, at best, subject to a few hollow and symbolic pendulum swings (the '10s culture war comes to mind), or can there be someone who shakes the mass to its core?
Very good 👏🏽
Thank you!!!
The difference is todays rebellion is on the hard right. I am at the elder end of Gen X being 58. and 15 years ago I was a left wing anarchist, and now I am alt-right adjacent, never once did I embrace normie pro establishment politics. So I actually think your generation does have rebels they are just right wing rebels, and being right wing they are more low key than the woke, who are in essence shock troops of the establishment. I would suggest reading "The Prudentalist," he has a Substack and youtube channel to get a feel for what this modern anti-establishment right wing rebellion looks like.
https://substack.com/@theprudentialist
Thank you for taking the time to read my article!
I initially thought this at a younger age (when the anti-PC movement was at its strong point), but there are quite a few right-wing charlatans as well. When I speak of rebellion, I don't solely mean being contrarian to the existing mainstream establishment; I suppose I'm referring to a holistic non-conformist streak as well (it was a long-winded post, so I mentioned a lot of topics, haha). I'm a bit idealistic, so I personally think that when human nature is accounted for, almost any political system is theoretically possible.
Thank you for the recommendation; I think he's in his 30s, so certainly not *Gen Z*. I do think there is an ever-present danger in being a political ideologue of either kind (I think the "Dissident Right" or whatever on Substack is a bit cult-like in its own right), but I will read more into it. Have a good day!
Pretty sure he is in his 20s, even early 20s, so maybe technically at the young end of millennial, but at the ends of generations the boundaries blur.
Well done 👏. We have the same playlist it seems.
Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad that you took the time to read through my ideas! I know I'm vicariously nostalgic for the '90s, but I truly get the impression that art has suffered a decline (a Downwards Spiral, one might say)... that's partly what spurred my article as well :D
This was a great read 👏
Thank you! I was worried that no one could follow my stream-of-consciousness, but it seems that you were able to do so! I greatly enjoyed your "You are NOT the main character" article--it put a lot of my thoughts in a much more succinct manner!
Haha can I give you a suggestion though? consider dividing your article into two parts for better readability. There's so much wisdom in each of your writings that it deserves to be read slowly. Splitting it up could give both you and your readers more time to fully understand and appreciate the nuances 😀
I initially tried something along the lines of that with Ideological Sanctimony, and now look back upon it as an article that could've said more, had I not ended the train right then and there... it's so much work to compartmentalize my thought-trains and divide them further! But thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to keep it in mind!