The Archivist
19 July 2025 · 16:44 UTC

Our culture *is* the counterculture of the 1950s and 60s. A culture that began as teens rebelling against the…

Our culture *is* the counterculture of the 1950s and 60s. A culture that began as teens rebelling against the old, and is ending with adult life replaced by teen life, with its teen rebels now the fabulously wealthy elites. It’s not capitalism, or any -ism. 1/3 https://t.co/ISS5vtZxR4
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Post 2 of 3 · 19 July 2025 · 16:44 UTC
It’s the replacement of one set of status hierarchies, with another. Teenage life forced itself into adult life, the enormous demographic surge of the Boomers, taking advantage of broken societies post-WW2. And then replaced that adult culture, with teen culture. 2/3
Post 3 of 3 · 19 July 2025 · 16:44 UTC
Take all of the often described features of ‘neoliberalism’, and you’ll find they match adolescent culture in every detail. They’re the same thing. Societies are always 100% social. Not political, not economic, those are just names for teams in the social status battles. /end

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