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Things have gotten really bad since Israel escalated their war against Iran in terms of shitty doomposting

I think we arrived there a few years ago 🥴

tbh I forgot I could do that

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This is so accurate it pisses me off

Reading tea leaves a bit here, but could be signs Trump is really struggling to unite the capitalist class potentially? Can't find a path that appeals to all factions?

Also if China tried to flex that kind of power I find it hard to believe the US wouldn't start a war over that either. The US is itching to pull the trigger and I will not fault anyone who is trying to avoid war, especially knowing it would be a horrific WW3 situation

The paradigm we are taught is that if oppressed people are "deserving" enough and suffer to a sufficient degree our kind-hearted overlords will change things and "make them right." We are taught that liberation rests upon the goodness of our rulers and it is not up to us regular people to decide.

Directness necessitates subtlety and nuance. You are making big claims about "good art" and what it entails, but I don't see how something must be satire or indirect to accomplish this. I don't even think satire is inherently bad, but I think it's pretty clear what purpose it serves in the modern world since it's massive proliferation in the 20th century.

Also, people don't misunderstand art because they are "dumb."

You say yourself that fascism is creeping in again; fascism is capital's response to mortal threat. Things are not going well for the west, 2008 was a mortal wound that is still bleeding out the US world order. The new world struggles to be born, shouldn't that be reason for optimism?

Why are you assuming that non-satirical art is inferior? Wouldnt you prefer art tackle issues directly instead of abstracting them into meaninglessness?

It's always like this anytime something bad happens. Even when Russia has clearly been in control of the war people doom over every setback. This is also very bad so I can't blame people too much