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=E. Conclusion (150-200 words) Tips]=

Whilst the response to my question was tailored around straight edge, the issue aroused could be applied for any youth culture, movement or scene. Straight edge, in terms of political action is only the starting point for youths to begin to challenge the world and feel liberated. In //Straight Edge: Clean Living, Hardcore Punk and Social Change//, Haenfler argues that straight edge becomes limiting rather than empowering[1]. This is very much true in the sense that if all of a being’s politics are tied to their edge then there is no capacity to develop. Whilst this is not necessarily untrue, what time has done for straight edge is something of a double-edged sword. The influx of 90s ideals and political shaping gave straight edge an identity for change, but with the introduction of mainstream attention a limited scope of what straight edge is defined as, rom for development was hindered.

Therefore, political reform was of a primary concern to straight edge, yet edge only is the commencement for a desire for political reform and the greatest achievements are when the edge no longer becomes the highest priority.

[1] Ross Haenfler (2006) //Straight edge; Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth and Social Change//. Rutgers University Press, p 152