Stolen_Stolen_Valor [any]

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  • This is a false equivalence. The Dixie Chicks correctly stood against the invasion of Iraq, during a time when Americans were insane and bloodthirsty. (Not that this has changed, but the wound was still fresh so to speak.)

    The equivalent stance would be Taylor speaking out about Americas involvement in Gaza and the arming of Israel. By endorsing the Democratic nominee who by all accounts intends to continue letting Israel commit a genocide she is, in fact, doing the exact opposite of what you are suggesting.

    The Dixie Chicks bucked the status quo, Taylor is endorsing it.






  • Is this a bit? Am I stupid?

    YouTube essays (despite many being awful) are art. We live in a society of excess and made up jobs where the work of middle management is useless and wasteful. I understand you are likely talking about people just generating endless nonsense on a schedule just to make ends meet but you’re throwing the baby out with the bath water. Even the most frivolous or trivial essays are infinitely more valuable than being a bean counter at some hedge fund or an engineer at Raytheon.

    Labeling art as “unproductive labor” is bullshit. Is capitalism causing an endless amount of drivel to be created? Yes. But if the alternative is no written art is available because it’s “unproductive” I don’t want to live in that world either.