So as I continue to jot down ideas for my story I'm writing, I was curious about adding some steampunk into it. I enjoy the concept of it, but what really doesn't make any sense to me is, I don't see anything punk about it. I've always seen it as a fictional futuristic retro world of steam combustion technology mixed with the Victorian era. I can understand cyberpunk, but not steampunk.
I found an article on what I'm specifically trying to understand - the punk in steampunk.
https://allaboutsteampunk.com/what-is-punk-about-the-steampunk-culture/
And for the kicks, I found this article on numerous punk genres.
https://sorcereroftea.com/punkpunk-a-to-z-of-punk-genres/
I just don't understand why everything has to be associated with the word punk.