I would say that all subcultural ideology is very dated, particularly in the normalization of the internet by equalizing access to information which, in turn, flattens cult identity. Everyone can be a little goth, a little punk, a little metal, a little sophisticated, and so on. The new "in the know" is a conflation of all of these that has made, you know, the rebellious stance of dressing up as the next thing at school entirely "out of the know."
Imagine the 80's having the internet as it is today.
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