Straight Shaving, Part of a Larger Movement?

[Kingfish]

Most are already familiar how and why the gratifying method of shaving almost went extinct. Correct me if wrong, but as I understand it, it was a marketing scheme between Madison Avenue and the Gillette Bros. The power of the media unleashed on the lemmings of their day(if you read this Rob, I can't stop using that word, am I a lemming?) More and more lemmings jumped ship until there were just a handful of old men, who because they were old were ignored by the cool and better informed. Their collective wisdom of generations snuffed out by the mind control vehicled by newsprint and advertisments of hairless arm pits and legs and bald faced men and just a mild suggestion to "Buy it Now".
Question is, is the Straight Razor a rebelion of sorts? They say if you took 3/4 of the people who identify themselves Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Socialist etc. and really went through most issues all but a minority would generally agree enough to get any job done that was important enough. Here in the states, it is obvious as we swing from left to right and back that the majority of us are not satisfied, and few, except some real zealots are so broken hearted we can't live without our party as the rest of us cheer "get rid of the bums"!. Younger readers, trust me, make it to 50+ and you may feel the same.
Just some silly thoughts that I try not to think about while shaving lest I get nicked. The shave requires a clean mind, not programmed with silly thoughts planted in our head by the powers of media and advertisement.
Mike