I think you should read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31543498
You consider "true counterculture" things like LGBT and veganism, that are openly supported by every western government and corporation? Really?
When you call other forms of counterculture "harmful" what you're really saying is "things that my culture has told me are harmful", or in other words "things that are counter to my culture".
Rather than one monolithic counterculture, there are lots of small signs of divergent movements I would call true counterculture. LGBT, veganism, youth culture like tiktok. There's also harmful ones like the alt-right, antivax, and conspiracy theory movements.
These two lines here:
"Creative work is increasingly embedded in genres that feel rigid, not flexible"
"Even avant-garde work often feels like a rehash of 50-60 years ago"
Convinced me the author is having a depressive episode after rewatching Friends on Netflix for the 4th time this year.