Dude we live out of time nowadays. The mono culture is dead. You can listen to any music at any time. You can listen to modern music, then 19th century marches, then older modern stuff like JayZ, and just yesterday discovered “year of the cat” from like 50 years ago and it slaps. We are all closer for it, humanity ho!
You’re right but you’re ignoring everything the other person said. Go back 25+ years and there was a mono-pop-culture. You’d go to work after the latest episode of Twin Peaks and just discussed it. Those conversations weren’t preface with “Spoiler warning.” Either you saw it or yo didn’t. It was a cultural touch stone that most people would at the very least know of, but probably was as engaged with as you were.
Sure, Japanese people weren’t watching the same thing as Americans, or South Afrikans and The Brits weren’t consuming the same things. It was still a lot more homogeneous culture back then. Not saying now is better than then or anything, just that it was very different.
It was still a lot more homogeneous culture back then.
I agree with a lot of what you say, but this particular statement is questionable. Definitely you can say there’s a big-budget mainstream entertainment industry, but even in the early 1900s there were movies, records, and sporting events aimed at various non-white populations - a lot of them weren’t preserved, unfortunately. Then there have always been people who ignored “worldly” entertainment for religious reasons, or who stayed more in tune with the culture of “the old country.” There’s always been an underground (often risque) and alternative/experimental. And there’s also been people who follow “high art” vs “popular art.”
I don’t mean to sound nitpicky, I’m just trying to emphasize that there’s always been a lot of stuff of all kinds out there.
Dude we live out of time nowadays. The mono culture is dead. You can listen to any music at any time. You can listen to modern music, then 19th century marches, then older modern stuff like JayZ, and just yesterday discovered “year of the cat” from like 50 years ago and it slaps. We are all closer for it, humanity ho!
I love 19th and 20th century political music :3
The monoculture never existed. At least it wasn’t universal across the world. It differed in every society.
You’re right but you’re ignoring everything the other person said. Go back 25+ years and there was a mono-pop-culture. You’d go to work after the latest episode of Twin Peaks and just discussed it. Those conversations weren’t preface with “Spoiler warning.” Either you saw it or yo didn’t. It was a cultural touch stone that most people would at the very least know of, but probably was as engaged with as you were.
Sure, Japanese people weren’t watching the same thing as Americans, or South Afrikans and The Brits weren’t consuming the same things. It was still a lot more homogeneous culture back then. Not saying now is better than then or anything, just that it was very different.
I agree with a lot of what you say, but this particular statement is questionable. Definitely you can say there’s a big-budget mainstream entertainment industry, but even in the early 1900s there were movies, records, and sporting events aimed at various non-white populations - a lot of them weren’t preserved, unfortunately. Then there have always been people who ignored “worldly” entertainment for religious reasons, or who stayed more in tune with the culture of “the old country.” There’s always been an underground (often risque) and alternative/experimental. And there’s also been people who follow “high art” vs “popular art.”
I don’t mean to sound nitpicky, I’m just trying to emphasize that there’s always been a lot of stuff of all kinds out there.
25 years ago I was not yet born 😅
Seems like you’re more qualified to speak about the NONoculture from those days
Damn right, if Souza marches don’t get your juices flowing…
Captain Holt, is that you?