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I'd like to think they are smart enough to not be happy about their transgressive ideas being recuperated.
That's a good point. I'm familiar with the concept, but didn't realize it had been formalized so distinctly, so I suppose you're right.
It's interesting, though, because one would think that's there's always going to be a balancing act between wanting to make your message more well known and wanting to keep it unadulterated.