If only that person could have known which of the umpteen million counter cultures was going to be successful! /s

Identifying counter cultures is trivial. Knowing which one will become mainstream in the always uncertain future is unimaginably difficult. Empires have fallen because people bet on the wrong counter culture.

There are some similarities of successful counter cultures through history. Loose organization. Ease of understanding. Low financial cost of participation. And extreme inclusiveness.

Fortunately for empires, princes, and presidents, counter cultures and movements with all those attributes don't come along all that often.