"While punk, disco and hip hop all had immersive, intimate and energetic dance styles that liberated the dancer from his/her mental states – be it the head-spinning b-boy or violent thrashings of a live punk show – the hipster has more of a joke dance. A faux shrug shuffle that mocks the very idea of dancing or, at its best, illustrates a non-committal fear of expression typified in a weird twitch/ironic twist. The dancers are too self-aware to let themselves feel any form of liberation; they shuffle along, shrugging themselves into oblivion."
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html
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I just saw this on adbusters too. In the grips of a global capitalistic meltdown and a monumental US election, you can always rest assured that adbusters is ready and willing to attack the true enemy--a small subculture of annoying preteens.
"Humanity won’t be happy till the last capitalist is hung
with the guts of the last bureaucrat."
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