Veritably, Taylor.

The hipster movement in and of itself is a failed attempt to subvert consumerist capitalism by using the same old tired techniques (i.e. fashion) which are constantly being reproduced and re-imagined by the capitalist superstructure in the first place. What many think of as “counter-culture” quickly becomes as artificial, mass-produced, and shallow as what the original adopters of said counter-culture hoped to escape in the first place. Corporate entities like Apple and American Apparel co-opt these movements from their inception, thus creating an endless cycle of buying something which is perceived to be new and avante garde, usually from the same company which previously was thought of as stale and/or oppressive.

Poor hipster cat, if only he/she knew those glasses were most likely made by slaves laboring under sweatshop conditions in China. Alas, such irony! “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” —Audre Lorde