ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores observations from Bader and Scharenberg, Sadr Haghigian and Springer about the club scene's role within gentrification processes, and the interest shown by major corporations in the club scene, particularly its subcultural capital and exclusiveness. In exploring the question of who can support themselves on contract or freelance work, the role of the welfare state becomes unavoidable. The chapter presents the critiques and reaction in the sixties towards the post-war settlement and its recuperation by neoliberalism. The critiques of workerism have attempt to address this very question through proposals for a guaranteed income. In Berlin, the practice of allowing artists the temporary use of empty commercial spaces was being used to create a trendy image for the area, and functioned as free marketing, cheaper and more effective than hiring a PR company.
