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Selling Out

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Cultural concept particularly associated with Gen X about compromising artistic or personal integrity for commercial success, which appears to have lost meaning for Gen Z.

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"I don't even think millennials are super authentic. Really it was Gen X who's entire culture seemed to be focused around 'not selling out.' With every other movie when I was a kid being about some guys choice between being rich and selling his soul, or sticking in his town with his community... The "
I feel like Gen Z seem to have zero concept of 'selling out' · u/MoistTadpoles · ↑710 · 2025-12-08
"And I don't imagine future generations will have much context for what selling out means or why it matters"
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