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Capitalism Is Draining the Life From Our Culture Industries (jacobin.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 77 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The fact these business types call it a "culture industry" is all you need to know.

People used to make up songs just for the fun of it and that was the majority of songs people knew. Now most songs you know are made specifically to generate money. Hell, kids sing jingles.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago*

    Feels like culture meth. Too easy to hear the greatest musicians, see the best movies, play the best games. Our ability to enjoy "real" things is diminished and the only way to consistently get our fix is via culture industries.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Are they? Disney has been around like, what, about a century? Popular media makes money. How exactly do you think these culture monopolies are temporary?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think that they aren't sweating because they also own the means of spreading media. Sure it's "free or incredibly cheap" but when they own all of those they can still control what people are or don't see. Just look up content creators complaining about YouTube's algorithm or changing policies, stuff getting flagged for plagiarism incorrectly or demonetized.

    Look at Twitter, which I will dead name, where one idiot can decide who gets to see what and what's buried.

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