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by fwipsy
72 days ago
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Sounds like you mostly agree. We're not a monoculture. Mainstream culture is a compromise - consists of things that many people like, but not many people's favorite. It's a little silly to say "mainstream is crap! Why doesn't the better stuff rise to the top?" It's because people don't agree on what's better. |
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Or maybe, just maybe, it's because taste and discernment (which are personal values) correlate inversely with access to resources (which is a globally recognized value).
>It's a little silly to say "mainstream is crap! Why doesn't the better stuff rise to the top?"
If it's silly to ask that question, maybe it's also a bit silly to answer it - but sure, lemme throw in my own 2c:
It's because the "compromise" you speak of amounts to human society taking on the role of a half-witted hivemind.
IMO a better question to ask is what's the point of there being a "mainstream" at all? It's not like lived human experience is fungible... is it?