Remember counterculture isn’t exclusive to left wingers. Just look at how the skinhead culture got co-opted by Nazis. It used to be a subculture of the British working class leftist youths. But because it was an anti-establishment counterculture it also attracted right wingers. Same with how many hippies or wellness moms became supporters of fascists in many countries.
So not very surprising that your goth friend became a Trumpist. The anti-establishment veneer of the right is very alluring for some non-conformists.
IIRC, it wasn’t a case of skinhead being coopted by neo-Nazis, but the word being used to refer to two distinct subcultures with no members in common: the two-tone/hard-Mod subculture (a racially mixed working-class subculture associated with ska, reggae and soul music) and a new subculture of far-right football hooligans who appropriated the uniform of two-tone (namely shaved heads, Fred Perry polo shirts and braces) and its nickname.
2025, the year of the Trumpsterfire.
If I’m mentally ill for criticising Trump for being such an overtly corrupt conman that he has literally stolen money from a children’s charity, then so fucking be it.
Every single one of my friends from HS except for one became a Magoo… It was so disheartening to find that out when I met up with some of them decades later… I don’t use Facebook so I hadn’t been keeping up with them.
“Millennials will save us” lmao yeah… Same thing is going to happen with every generation.
“The young will save us!”
Propaganda: “hold my beer.”
I’m curious where you’re from.
NY. Long Island specifically, the asshole breeding ground of America.
Good bagels though.
God do I miss the bagels. I’m from Jersey myself. Been a while since I’ve been in the area.
A bit tangential to topic but I got to know someone on my wife’s side of the family. Cool socialist dude. We saw eye-to-eye on like 90% of things. Was refreshing.
He fell for the uncommitted wedge-driving bullshit and sat out the election. Drank the Russian vodka. This despite what’s at stake for his nieces, his cousin and women’s rights. This despite my wife’s plea to him to go vote.
That’s the last time I brought up politics or really care to speak to him. I really have no patience for willful ignorance anymore. People like this to me frustrate me so much more than red hats themselves.
See how Trump supports Palestinians now. And, curiously, boy those outcries sure did suddenly drop off over that post-election, huh. Much pyrrhic victory.
Can I ask a stupid question? Is this image real? Ive seen it a couple of times now and it is amazing, but I guess this is the stuff that can easily be AI generated?
I can’t say if the image itself is real, but this was a real event that happened recently. https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas-6c85af85255753db497f2cd344fb2ace
Yeah it’s real
If that isnt a warning (or a sick joke) from the universe, I dont know what is.
So it goes.
I think it’s real. I’ve seen a couple of videos now of the explosion and this doesn’t seem unrealistic.
Some guy committed suicide and tried to blow up a rented Cybertruck in front of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas yesterday.
Their world got worse when they moved away from goth. Turn them on to She Past Away and Molchat Doma, and let the healing begin.
