Why have all the youth revolutions of the past failed?

Question

the most recent of the fizzled out movements being punk.

now, before anyone's 14 year-old fingers start typing furiously "PUNX NOT DED! L05ER!" I want to you really think about it. im not talking about whats pre-packed and shining in a storefront, im thinking more along the lines of DIY, self reliance kinda stuff... the good bits, if you will.
why has that faded? where did it go?
is that why kids today are so "bored"? they watch tv, neglect the sun, and are so fat im surprised their sausage fingers can still grasp PS2 controllers.
where is the new revolution to kick our teeth in? punk beat the crapola out of the rock scene, whats coming to rip this bullshit emo scene's throat out?
im here, im ready to go, if i can find a group of people who aren't retarded by the mantra of "consume, consume consume"

Answer 1

For one thing, youth. The young are not permitted a serious political voice.

Another thing is that revolutions are bred on fanatic passion -- and unless significant change is seen to happen, passion fades.

The US is entering a period of over-protection of children -- punk happened in a period of underprotection, when society believed that all people should be exposed to the realities of life. Those realities led to the political ideology behind punk, and people became more individualistic.

In an over-protective society, kids are encouraged to stay in -- and that requires some form of management, which has resulted in the growth of video game systems, over-prescription of ritalin, anything to be an instant "baby-sitter." It also brings out a desire to make people more "the same.," evening out the culture.

Punk -- real punk -- happened about 25 years after rock and roll first started to shake the cultural scene. We're overdue.

It will probably not happen in music, although it will find its own soundtrack. Everything in the music industry has become pre-packaged -- even calling it the "music industry" is a sign. Only when the Starbuck's conformist mentality is overcome will we begin to see it.

Answer 2

It tends to start out with good intentions, (change the world, peace now, equality) but people get sidetracked, and their culture is appropriated, homogenized and labeled for comsumption. In the fifties, hot rod hoodlums were the fear of all parents; now parents dress their kids up like James Dean for Halloween and theme parties. It's been a total paradigm shift. There's much more to it than that, but that's all I can recall now.

Answer 3

Hi,

Punk's not dead,

I'm not 14 years old...

Revolution is what you make it!!

Thanks,
Best Wishes!!