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There is a tendency in recent times for the internet to satisfy basic needs directly, where once they had to be addressed indirectly. So people watch a stream of someone playing a game instead of actually playing the game themselves.

I wonder if the basic need for a counter-culture (whatever that is) can be satisfied directly without needing to wrap it up in music or fashion. You just need to read Reddit to have your dose of behaviour that is counter to societal norms. In fact it is a purer expression of an underlying need because it dispenses with most of the inconvenience of an actual "movement".