I'm 51, I was teenager when Punk was still very much a thing, though I was more into post punk than the original punk.

Punk was anything but controlled or meaningless at that time. It was an underground movement. But it was also very much a movement about music, and art in general. The idea was that anyone can play music. Anyone can make art. You have a right to do it.

For me it always was more about music and art than about society, but that was also why Punk got monetized and assimilated to corporate. But with it came a huge indie scene too. People formed bands, made tapes, made magazines, all by themselves.

Anarchy was a core message of Punk, but everyone has to grow up and wake up in the reality that there can't be anarchy in society. Anarchy is something that 16 years old (and adults who stay as teenagers whole their life) want because honestly, they don't understand better.