#they make great punk too cuz they are oppressed directly by a system

[sheismeiamwe]

Punk Ain't Dead It Got Too White

It irks me when people say shit like "punk is dead" or these endless essays about the death of punk. But, like, of course. Of course rich and wealthy white kids from the suburbs cosplaying poor kids from the sticks because thats' how they "feel on the inside" filling up the local venue on a Thursday night in a neighborhood that used to be Black and or brown will make you feel like the scene you once worshiped has passed on. OF COURSE you feel like punk is dead. Because it no longer belongs to its creators. Punk came out of the homes of the working class. Youth abused by the system or their abused parents or abandoned and needing to put that rage somewhere to survive. The way that soul and hip hop and gospel were created to express sorrow and rage and hope and joy for the people also feeling it in need of relief. Punk was the expression of the BLACK working class. And then the poor white WORKING class. That suffering, that pain, is what made punk great. The way revolution rises from unbeareable conditions, so does incredible art. It is no longer coming from the source. Not for a long time.

Once the goals become fame, profit, status, respect - that's pop story. I got nothin against pop. But, capitalism and revolutionary do not go together, no matter how you wanna twist it. It's like thanking Jesus for bein rich. Jesus said keep his name out yo greedy ass mouth, ya feel me?