All I can say is when I was a teenager, mall goths were much more concerned with picking butts out of ashtrays outside and talking shit about the preppy kids.

If they had a little more class consciousness, I think they would connect the fact that their material conditions have made them economic outcasts, and that is the source of their anger. In my experience, they used to cope with it by listening to angry music and being antisocial. Also, experimenting with the occult and drugs.

I kind of came down that path and got here.