I think a central ingredient in punk is anti-establishment sentiments. I suppose one could have a conservative perspective of this by saying that the government is the establishment and advocating less government intervention in the market. However, that fails to take into account that the Laissez-faire approach that most conservatives advocates produces another for of establishment, that of big businesses, which may help to further advance economic and social inequalities. That is why I have hard to respect conservative punk.
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