To suffix things "-punk" now guarantees them a cozy sub-genre status, thereby protecting the status quo from whatever genuine…

To suffix things “-punk” now guarantees them a cozy sub-genre status, thereby protecting the status quo from whatever genuine conceptual threat they might otherwise have posed. Punk is sheer conceptual threat, punching up. https://t.co/cnnK6dBH3V

— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) October 6, 2018

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