Gen X never “fought the man”.

literally rioting against neoliberalism

It was not just a World Trade Organization ministerial that collapsed, but also a creed that had been widely believed to be true. After Seattle, the press began to talk about the “dark side of globalization” — about the inequalities and poverty being created by globalization.

After that, we had the spectacular defections from the globalist camp, such as financier George Soros, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and “Dr. Shock Therapy” himself, the economist Jeffrey Sachs.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/12/06/how-the-battle-of-seattle-made-the-truth-about-globalization-true/

they tried to tune themselves out of political reality by obsessing over aesthetics and music and being “authentic”

As we all know the aesthetics of capitalism are beautiful and soulful and all of us lead authentic lives