The Age of the Double Sell-Out
The 20th century taboo against selling out was, at its heart, a communal norm to reward young artists who focused on craft and punish those who appropriated art and subculture for empty profiteering. Now the culture is most exemplified by people whose entire end goal appears to be empty profiteering.
True. But also in my experience young artists don’t really have much opportunity to sell out (or even make any money at all) these days.