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by ser_tyrion 4185 days ago
That sentence does seem out of place compared to the rest of the essay. If anything the thugs destroyed the thugs. His biggest contention is that "technologism" is a cultural infatuation with newness, and both digital music stores and record stores both used "newness" when advertising. And I guess that is what makes them "thugs" for reinforcing that view, as well as "nothing innovative about pandering for the sake of a profit".