Re:Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never ar...
by jonathankoren on Friday March 25, 2022 @02:59PM
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This is always said, but it is never true.
The olds die, and the youngs become the old.
As Abe Simpsons famously said, "I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!"
Re:Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never ar...
by tablespoon on Friday March 25, 2022 @05:05PM
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>> That may be so, but it doesn't mean there's nothing to it. Those "newer generations on the left" tend to think and behave in ways that can be pretty alienating to the rest of society, and so doom their prospects.
> This is always said, but it is never true. The olds die, and the youngs become the old.
> As Abe Simpsons famously said, "I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!"
Yeah, but just because some "it" is current doesn't mean it's better. It's quite possible the hip new thing is just the youngs wondering off on a detour and getting lost.
That may be so, but it doesn't mean there's nothing to it. Those "newer generations on the left" tend to think and behave in ways that can be pretty alienating to the rest of society, and so doom their prospects.