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seo-m-e · 3 months ago

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not very related probably but i am literally reading a book about why/who "they" invented the sleek minimalist aesthetic rn. it was in fact not to crush the spirit of art in the common people

The second you start talking about some mysterious "they" that are controlling society in some fashion, you are engaging in dangerous conspiratorial thinking even if you're being woke about it. "They" did not institute the 40 hour work week specifically so you would be too tired to revolt. "They" did not invent the sleek minimalist aesthetic in order to crush the spirit of art in the common people. "They" are not pushing mediocre media into the mainstream in order to poison people's critical thinking skills.

Your best case scenario after that is you talk to someone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about and you get embarrassed because you can't answer basic questions about your own ideology because you never learned anything past "the ruling class/capitalists/politicians are making things bad and if we got rid of them the bad things would all go away!"

Your worst case scenario is obviously the woo-to-fascist pipeline and you end up believing Jews are poisoning American food supplies with GMOs in order to turn us all into beta cucks, so like . . . maybe just stop blaming "them" before you fall down that route.

Obligatory round of disclaimers: Yes, sometimes people do bad things. Be specific about exactly who is doing what instead of ascribing it to some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, sometimes things in society are bad. Learn to identify the root causes of complex social issues instead of assuming that they're actually extremely simple to fix and we're just not doing it because of some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, minimalism isn't for everyone. Learn that some people don't share your tastes and get the fuck over it for the love of god.

#very very condensed and i have not finished the book yet #a bunch of “decorative” artists #which in this book means like people who make all the little details on houses and furniture #were tired of having to make things that didnt fit their opinion of “good taste” to appeal to the market and actually make money #and once the middle class really became a thing this new middle class wanted a LOT of decoration #and these decorative artists were also still kind of beholden to the old philosophical standpoint of #excess decoration/making things look like something else is ugly #so they convinced everyone else of that too #havent really gotten to the point where it gets to “modernism” as we lnow it yet tho #also have not really gotten to quite how they did it but for sure know why

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