I’m probably just out of the loop, but what the hell is up with slapping “Punk” after some random word and trying to pass it off as a thing?
I know cyberpunk, I know steampunk, I know solarpunk, and those I can accept as “more than an aesthetic”, tho steampunk is mostly an aesthetic… but then you have for example frostpunk (a game I know nothing about), cypherpunk, silkpunk, etc. (I don’t really know how to find other bastardizations for examples, but I know I’ve come across other random nouns followed by “punk” and I find it super weird and confusing)
Is it just capitalizing on the cyberpunk/steampunk fad for naming, or do these other “punk” things actually have a legitimate claim of being punk? Is all this ___punk watering down the meaning or am I old man yells at cloud meme here?
Alphabet boys are excellent at dividing and conquering. The only term I’m willing to engage with is cypherpunk which has origins in cryptography and other privacy enhancing technologies. Our current situation makes corroboration difficult as privacy has become so grossly stigmatized beyond belief.
I desperately wish for a reunion of like-minded privacy enthusiasts (what was cypherpunks). Unfortunately I’m more often than not met with hostility because our kind is often pessimistic, critical, and honestly paranoid of everyone else being feds lol
It’s a tough struggle but I think the other _*punks were an attempt at renewing the movements of old in a new way.