Re:The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019)
by hypertele-Xii on Monday November 08, 2021 @12:02AM
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And yet, the single most expensive item ever created is... a painting.
Capitalism is an illusion. An overt simplification that doesn't even begin to describe the truth. Mathematics were discovered, numbers were forcibly taught to all children and now we all think we can see the matrix.
Throughout history, humans have been put to shame by how little we actually understood what was happening, especially compared to how much we thought we did.
At the same time, some people's idea of what a culture is, or what is "melding" culture, are amorphous and ill-defined. Is McDonalds culture? Are the many regionally-specific dishes at McDonalds around the world a result of "melding" culture?
Is the Poutine at McDonald's in Canada a "melding" of culture? Or is it just Canadian culture expressed through a McDonalds? Is the Banana shake at McDonald's in Japan a "melding" of American and Japanese culture? Or is it actually just "McDonald's" culture, since it's offered in Great Britain and Italy?
I'll leave you this quote from the 1976 movie Network!: