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This sentiment is undermined by the fact that punk never went mainstream in any meaningful way. Punk was not the music of the everyman and never tried to be. Punk was the music of the freethinker, the radical thinker, the social activist. The everyman to punk was a lost cause--sheep, follower, automaton who bows to authority, conditioned by religion. Rap IS the music of the everyman. They are not the same, they are opposites. In areas where rap can be said to be radical, it's largely due, once again, to dada as I will explain shortly.
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Some people actually have to WORK for a living. They can't just coast off on student loans or trustfunds well into their 30s and expect it all to just work out. There's nothing wrong with authority if it's not oppressive and there's nothing wrong with being a part of the crowd if that's what gets your bills paid. Have you ever been homeless? It ****ing sucks man and I'm sure you'd wear the uniform if homelessness was the alternative. Henry Rollins used to work at Hagen Dasz before Black Flag. Minutemen wrote working class anthems- their parents were mechanics and waitresses. Ian Mackaye's parents were like pastors or missionaries or something I forget which. There's plenty of working class gents and dames who defy religion, myself included. I take some pretty serious offense to your statements, do I come across as some brainwashed automaton to you, poshboy?