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> most people

Have you performed a survey? My intuition, from my own experience, is that most people are completely ignorant of the symbolism of cargo pants and use them solely for the cargo feature.

I wear Eddie Bauer "Guide Pro" pants. I recommend them, mostly. I haven't found more stylish cargo pants. https://www.eddiebauer.com/p/12951063/men-s-guide-pro-pants

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These pants look fine. When I think of cargo pants, I think of ridiculously large pockets that really only work in the context of the baggy style of the late 90s/early 00s. It's not my favorite look (though it was when I was a kid), but you can make it work on some level. Anyway, when most people are criticizing cargo pants, I believe they have the jumbo pockets in mind. Another poster correctly noted that they ruin a silhouette. The pants you linked don't have this issue as far as I can tell.

Note, this is just my impression. Maybe there are people out there who just really hate extra pockets.

To be fair, no one thinks of pants that look like that when picturing cargo pants.

I actually started wearing cargo shorts because I could fit whatever book I was currently reading in those pockets.

Those aren't cargo pants, these (https://www.amazon.com/OCHENTA-Cotton-Military-Pockets-Trous...) are cargo pants.

What you posted aren't cargo pants? Those are hiking pants. Cargo pants have large, external pockets.

Not all hiking pants have large pockets on the mid/low thigh. Seems more like a Venn diagram relationship.

Cargo pants symbolize something? :)

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