>>150950873
That's what I mean. It's not a function of contrarianism, it's a more solid set of values. The quote about "in an indifferent world caring is punk" defines punk as just the opposite of what's most common. It's like there's a second part of that conversation missing where the end goal of punk is making punk unnecessary, to achieve a caring world. Punk becomes an incidental aesthetic, a side effect that no one should aim to be. It's a state of rebellion and the confederate flag is "rebel". It's a valueless descriptor used to shallowly convey what Superman has done by defying the governments and billionaires to prevent a genocide with violence and without permission.

>>150951256
Supporting executions can be an act of empathy as well as one of self preservation. The punkness and virtue signalling aspect of it are aesthetic. The movie tried to tie to anything against what is popular which could include virtue signalling and vice signalling.