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Some non commodifiable sub cultures are easy to find in real life. E.g. drinking or doing drugs in public.


Oh man, drinking is not the example I'd use

That's big industry


Not really in the style of degenerate drinking. Bud light can’t put out an ad of people beer bonging in a public park. They have to look upstanding, grilling in the backyard of a private home, not overindulging. Likewise with creme brule torch companies; they can’t advertise on grounds for drug use.


but like, they sell the commodities that that subculture relies on,

and while im sure the Whipped Cream Canister Companies (home kitchen use only) etc would rather come out and advertize normally, commerce is still happening


With that logic everything one might do is also commoditized by virtue of someone making it and selling it. That isn’t really the case. You can use for your inputs plenty of precursor designed for other use. Miracle grow certainly isn’t in the home bomb making business even if fertilizer is a potential input. Vodka is not made for molotov cocktails. 3d printers aren’t made for ghost gun manufacturing.




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