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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by alphazard on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:19PM (#34618782)
There are a lot of sibling comments that seem to be upset that two counter cultures could be both different from one another and the dominant culture. I really don't understand the gate keeping of what is and isn't a counter culture.

A culture is information collectively held across many minds. A counter culture is a culture with contradictory information to the dominant culture.

It's clear both the hippies and 4chan meet the criteria. I found your analysis cogent.

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by Clubber on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:21PM (#34622025)
>I really don't understand the gate keeping of what is and isn't a counter culture.

The people who brought in the mainstream culture are now older; they are now the fuddy-duddies. Time to move over for the next generation; it's either complimentary or contradictory and sometimes both.

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