Reactionary politics failed to go cool when served undiluted rather than as garnish

Evidence

Where Vice had thrived by serving its anti-liberalism as an amuse-bouche of a standard menu of youthful debauchery, Praxis presented its politics as a full meal for crypto-fascist dorks. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 806

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to reader’s counter-case about the era’s signature — Praxis as a failed attempt to capture the death-of-the-sellout dynamic Marx describes.
• SEED: The amuse-bouche vs full-meal distinction for selling politics through youth culture is an essay-worthy mechanism contrast.