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Again you're not wrong but there are many, many genres of music which can be used as a signifier for vulgar consumerism. What does this one specific moment in music history communicate beyond that?
(Genuine hot take: XS is a brilliant piece of anticapitalist art because it answers that question by saying "this is not just commercialism posturing as rebellion, but it's your dad's commercialism posturing as rebellion against your grandparents." The specific generational meaning of nu-metal has a specific significance within that song that it might not have elsewhere.)
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