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Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk by pas on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @06:23AM (#30930417)
hm. a lot of people imitating the cool punk kids indeed wore similar clothing and went to concerts of punk-ish bands.

and indeed many original punk bands found commercial success

does that somehow invalidate punks? at best it shows that - like all (?) things before it - punk was also consumed by consumerism.

Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk by krapp on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @06:28AM (#30930460)
>does that somehow invalidate punks?

Yes. When a movement whose entire thesis is "fuck the establishment" gets co-opted by the establishment, it becomes invalid as a movement, a hollow and pathetic shell of itself. Punk is anti-society, anti-religion, anti-government, anti-authority, anti-conformity, anti everything, even anti-music to a degree. Its relevance died as soon as the last punk lived past 30 and it became old people music. Just another style to buy at Hot Topic.