OK Boomers. In Going Mainstream, ’60s Counterculture Has Lost Its Edge

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t’s been a strange time to be a freethinking rock fan.

Counterculture legends Joni Mitchell and Neil Young — the very man who once taught us to “keep on rockin’ in the free world” — led the charge to deplatform Joe Rogan for the capital crime of hosting free speech on his podcast.

The two geriatric rockers made a decidedly unhip ultimatum: it’s either Rogan or us.

Then — without a hint of irony — Young directed his fans to the streaming service of Amazon.

Yes, that Amazon. The multinational company owned by the richest man on the planet that forces its drivers to urinate into plastic bottles.

Other less notable stars of yesteryear made the same demand of Spotify.

First came David Crosby (who’d forgotten that he’d already sold his catalog), followed by Brucie Springsteen’s former guitarist Nils Lofgren, a name few recognized. Ever hip to the vibe, the leftist media plastered Lofgren’s announcement across the airwaves as if it were a cultural earthquake. A baffled public proceeded to search the internet for this supposed giant of rock, only to discover the photo of an elderly man dressed like a teenager having an identity crisis, weakly lifting peace signs with two withered hands.

Spotify accepted their terms. Within 24 hours, it pulled down their music. As of this writing, Rogan seems to have successfully weathered the storm.

Nothing happened. There was no cultural earthquake, only a passing rumble like that of a rusty pickup on a dusty road. It was startling and sad even for those who love their music. It marked the sudden and definitive end of an era once thought of as incapable of growing old.

Perhaps the most disorienting aspect was the role reversal at play. Mitchell and Young’s revolution once held the right to dissent at its very core, especially in relation to the Vietnam War.

So how could these very same figures be leading the charge for censorship? Until recently, it was progressives — embodied in the self-righteous and moody Mitchell and Young — who considered free speech its preeminent virtue.

There’s nothing left to rebel against, no one left to shock. And as such, the push for censorship by the new mainstream makes sense, no matter how hypocritical. It’s what defenders of the status quo have always done, irrespective of ideological wiring.



https://spectator.org/in-going-mainstream-60s-counterculture-has-lost-its-edge/
 
Perhaps the most disorienting aspect was the role reversal at play. Mitchell and Young’s revolution once held the right to dissent at its very core, especially in relation to the Vietnam War.
 
Legion said:
LmpwZw


PATHETIC​


t’s been a strange time to be a freethinking rock fan.

Counterculture legends Joni Mitchell and Neil Young — the very man who once taught us to “keep on rockin’ in the free world” — led the charge to deplatform Joe Rogan for the capital crime of hosting free speech on his podcast.

The two geriatric rockers made a decidedly unhip ultimatum: it’s either Rogan or us.

Then — without a hint of irony — Young directed his fans to the streaming service of Amazon.

Yes, that Amazon. The multinational company owned by the richest man on the planet that forces its drivers to urinate into plastic bottles.

Other less notable stars of yesteryear made the same demand of Spotify.

First came David Crosby (who’d forgotten that he’d already sold his catalog), followed by Brucie Springsteen’s former guitarist Nils Lofgren, a name few recognized. Ever hip to the vibe, the leftist media plastered Lofgren’s announcement across the airwaves as if it were a cultural earthquake. A baffled public proceeded to search the internet for this supposed giant of rock, only to discover the photo of an elderly man dressed like a teenager having an identity crisis, weakly lifting peace signs with two withered hands.

Spotify accepted their terms. Within 24 hours, it pulled down their music. As of this writing, Rogan seems to have successfully weathered the storm.

Nothing happened. There was no cultural earthquake, only a passing rumble like that of a rusty pickup on a dusty road. It was startling and sad even for those who love their music. It marked the sudden and definitive end of an era once thought of as incapable of growing old.

Perhaps the most disorienting aspect was the role reversal at play. Mitchell and Young’s revolution once held the right to dissent at its very core, especially in relation to the Vietnam War.

So how could these very same figures be leading the charge for censorship? Until recently, it was progressives — embodied in the self-righteous and moody Mitchell and Young — who considered free speech its preeminent virtue.

There’s nothing left to rebel against, no one left to shock. And as such, the push for censorship by the new mainstream makes sense, no matter how hypocritical. It’s what defenders of the status quo have always done, irrespective of ideological wiring.



https://spectator.org/in-going-mainstream-60s-counterculture-has-lost-its-edge/
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the country needed professionals and accountants, lawyers, engineers, doctors, it was purposefully creating an Upper Middle Professional class. the system worked for them. and it changed too quickly for them to teach their children to adjust, to do anything different..now theres an overeducated barista class who are threatened with automation. and abandoning traditional culture is fine for half a generation. But the degeneracy seeps in and only gets worse.

And then you have the illuminati purposefully degrading humanity to suck tyranny into existence, of course.
 
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the country needed professionals and accountants, lawyers, engineers, doctors, it was purposefully creating an Upper Middle Professional class. the system worked for them. and it changed too quickly for them to teach their children to adjust, to do anything different..now theres an overeducated barista class who are threatened with automation. and abandoning traditional culture is fine for half a generation. But the degeneracy seeps in and only gets worse. And then you have the illuminati purposefully degrading humanity to suck tyranny into existence, of course.
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I suspect you are correct.
 
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