People who engage in niche thing get denigrated by mainstream people.
Niche thing becomes popular and a billion dollar industry.
Mainstream people notice profitable niche thing and seize it for their own.
People who like niche thing get denigrated as bad people and demands are made to change the niche thing.
Niche thing gets watered down beyond all recognition and is ruined.
You forgot the mid-2000s and first half of the 2010s (though it is still ongoing):
Celebrity discovers nerd thing. "This thing is cool! How do you do fellow nerds!"
Just shut up Wesley!
People who engage in niche thing get denigrated by mainstream people. Niche thing becomes popular and a billion dollar industry. Mainstream people notice profitable niche thing and seize it for their own. People who like niche thing get denigrated as bad people and demands are made to change the niche thing. Niche thing gets watered down beyond all recognition and is ruined.
This is why we can't have nic(h)e things.
But this time the niche thing might end up getting the NFA repealed.
Firearms are a niche thing?
They aren't?