sr36
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Cancel culture is more disturbing to me that a Carlton reawakening. The mindlessness of it is equal to a Trump rally.
It's also profoundly arrogant. It assumes that we've achieved such a level of enlightenment that we can sit in absolute and final judgment over all cultural artefacts, past and present.
Whatever doesn't meet 'the standard' will be disappeared, cast out from the human story.
Sometimes there seems to be something generational about it, with younger generations especially eager to see everything through the refined and near-perfect lens of the present, which is such a frighteningly small perspective on the world.
What the f*** becomes of art when humanity is too scared to look itself in the eye?
Agree with the arrogance. I bet many of those looking to demolish things would be aghast at Mao for demolishing so much of China's incredible antiquity.
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