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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I think they were true believers back in the 90s, just like Eminem was angry and fiery in the early 2000s, But then they become big enough to be a part of the system and they assimilate. Eminem went almost overnight from being reviled for his language, specifically homophobic and anti-woman, to dropping all of that and being more mainstream while keeping his extremely popular style. He went from counter-culture to the center of mainstream culture so easily. Now he doesn't say anything that would get him canceled, he's not provocative or dangerous. He's just another milquetoast personality who is still an extremely gifted rapper. Nothing wrong with that, but now any bars he tries to spit about being a hardass motherfucker are just laughable honestly. Spitting a verse about people waiting for you to fall off or hating is laughable when his albums are seen as propping up the recording industry and all he gets is praise and recognition.

Nothing wrong with any of it and Em and RAtM should still be recognized for their talent. But their messages are now pre-packaged goodspeak.
gpt
That's just what happens when the culture you're countering wins. They're largely on top now, every corporation parrots the same opinions on what is good and acceptable. They can't drop their counter-culture identity, but that also can't *actually* be counter-culture now or else they'd be the bad guys. The only option left is cognitive dissonance