[Chopper]

How Woke Led to Cultural Decadence

Explaining the triumph of remakes, and the decline of compelling art

www.richardhanania.com

Interesting Substack from Hanania on woke and art.

Art reflects and speaks to human nature. When cultural and intellectual elites don't like human nature and want to change it, they are less able to produce compelling works of fiction.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

It's a repackaging of things conservatives have been saying for 30+ years with a bit of John Ruskin sprinkled in. Men and women are different? Art reflects underlying social issues? Wow. Profound. These self-appointed centrists are so ahead of the curve.

 

[Chopper]

It's a repackaging of things conservatives have been saying for 30+ years with a bit of John Ruskin sprinkled in. Men and women are different? Art reflects underlying social issues? Wow. Profound. These self-appointed centrists are so ahead of the curve.

All this conservative insight and wisdom for so long, and yet here you are watching groomers teach your children.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

All this conservative insight and wisdom for so long, and yet here you are watching groomers teach your children.

My children? No thanks, we homeschool and paid for private school before that.

 

[WesternBlood]

How Woke Led to Cultural Decadence

Explaining the triumph of remakes, and the decline of compelling art

www.richardhanania.com

Interesting Substack from Hanania on woke and art.

Punk Rock has taken a nose dive. Either all the old bands are establishment leftists now or young upstarts are screamo garbage with no sense of keeping it rock'n'roll.

Thankfully a number of older guys have reassembled into other bands and still putting out some good stuff, but it is far and few in between. Looking at Sean Wheeler and whatever he does in between Throw Rag, Kieth Morris' OFF!, T.S.O.L. is still touring, Agent Orange, etc...