The confusing part of all of this, and I think it points to why most of us never worried it would get this bad, is attributed to the belief that the artistic entertainment elite would never allow it.
It seems that because their monetizing fame game changed to accumulating followers and likes on social media (and preventing Twitter mob attacks) instead of just delivering art we would pay for, they jumped to virtue signaling support for their fan base demographic.
But it is a sell-out... a conflict of their artistic freedom capability.
It starts on campus, but it permeates society. I think if the artistic elite wake up to reject this crap, then the kids might too. But so many are brainwashed, it might take a generation to repair.
The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an immediate reality. -- Marshall McLuhan
Weekend reads: Censorious Times
The confusing part of all of this, and I think it points to why most of us never worried it would get this bad, is attributed to the belief that the artistic entertainment elite would never allow it.
It seems that because their monetizing fame game changed to accumulating followers and likes on social media (and preventing Twitter mob attacks) instead of just delivering art we would pay for, they jumped to virtue signaling support for their fan base demographic.
But it is a sell-out... a conflict of their artistic freedom capability.
It starts on campus, but it permeates society. I think if the artistic elite wake up to reject this crap, then the kids might too. But so many are brainwashed, it might take a generation to repair.
Good stuff except, perhaps, the bit by Pamela Paul. The New York Times has proven over and over that they cannot be trusted.
The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an immediate reality. -- Marshall McLuhan
Brava! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻