Entryism turned punk’s flaunted seams into Photoshopped seamless pop

Evidence

If the revolutionary tumult of the post-punk era was characterised by restless dissatisfaction, anxiety, uncertainty, rage, harshness, unfairness — that is, by an atmosphere of relentless criticism — today’s pop scene is suffused with laxness, bland acceptance, quiescent hedonism, luxuriant self-satisfaction (ALL those awards shows!) — that is, by PR. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1090 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-punk’s critical antagonism has been replaced by pop’s PR-driven complacency — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1090; Punk inverted 68 by repudiating pleasure and exposing interiority as ideology

Related

• Post-punk’s critical antagonism has been replaced by pop’s PR-driven complacency (similarity 0.91)
• Post-punk’s critical stance is not repressed but made unthinkable by late capitalist pop culture. (similarity 0.85)
• Punk inverted 68 by repudiating pleasure and exposing interiority as ideology (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Post-punk’s critical antagonism has been replaced by pop’s PR-driven complacency #expands (0.80) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1090