Submitted by ziq in TankiesGonnaTank
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OdiousOutlaw wrote
Western lgbt culture is is pretty much just capitalism
A truly brilliant observation from a genius with the keenest sense of observation.
Nobody would have ever figured out that a subculture within the overwhelmingly capitalist west was also capitalist!
I haven't been on raddle for a week and I'm already burned out.
GlangSnorrisson wrote
Also nothing about any of these is inherently capitalistic. Fashion, drinking establishments and sex toys have existed much, much longer than capitalism.
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OdiousOutlaw wrote
is that implying that there cannot be such thing as a non-capitalist or counter-capitalist subculture in the West?
No. That's why I said "a" subculture instead of just "subcultures".
The thing is, an overwhelming number of subcultures within a capitalist culture is going to be capitalist.
Like, if a group of anti-capitalists come together and form a community in an area and develop a sub-culture, it would be anti/non-capitalist by nature but it would drowned out by the sheer number of other capitalist subcultures.
They're the "exceptions that prove the rule", basically.
But, yeah, non-capitalist or counter-capitalist subcultures can and do exist in the West.
GlangSnorrisson wrote
How dare people have fun.