You can probably find more of that hacker spirit in places that are less mainstream.

Here on this forum, many people see employment in giant multinational corporations as something desirable. Many of them are primarily motivated by compensation. The site itself is affiliated with the tech startup culture, which every single government in the world has long recognized as important to the economy. And which they have tried to support to the best of their ability. In the world we are living in today, tech startups are probably the most conventional way of trying to get rich.

If you are looking for alternative subcultures, you should try something little less conventional.