what movement?
i recently subscribed to the wonderful publication adbusters and one of the back issues i received was the sep/oct 2008. the cover story written by david haddow is an account of why the hipster is the dead end of western civilization. as a resident of a brooklyn hipster neighborhood i strongly identify with this article and think that its words ring as true today as they did 2 years ago. haddow implies that the current youth movement is essentially rooted in a fashion rather than ideas. the current youth movement has essentially failed to coalesce around coherent ideas that can be used by the society to move forward. haddow actually goes on to rip hipsters by determining that they are a product of a simple consumerist search for the newest fashion statement. on top of this even those who obviously retain the qualities of a hipster do not identify themselves within the group thereby making the group even less relevant because no one will even stand up for what the groups ideology.
my entire life i have been looking for a social movement that will move this country forward. unfortunately i am left with the hipster.