>>35173467Basically, as soon as something countercultural forms, it eventually gets online and the internet subsumes it and spits it back out with the soul sucked out. Of course, it isn't entirely the internet's fault, but also a product of Post-Fordist (aka late/post Reagan) capitalism's ability to coopt any kind of movement against it. You might wanna look up some of the philosophy about late capitalism's manipulation of "hipsters."
>>35173497Hell yeah, I'd go gay for Ginsberg. I just finished rereading On the Road today to get me excited for my cross-country roadtrip this summer.