Where do beatniks (like Maynard G. Krebs) fall?
Good question. I know little about the “Beat Generation”, but I did find this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatnik
Beatnik was a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. Elements of the beatnik trope included inclinations toward violence, drug use, and pseudo-intellectualism, along with a cartoonish depiction of the real-life people and the spiritual quest of Jack Kerouac’s autobiographical fiction.
Source: Wikipedia
Much more at the link.