This is a good point and one I didn’t want to get into but it emphasizes my point:
The high brow stuff, which absolutely exists and more than ever, are not being forced on you by taste makers anymore. Cavett/Cronkite etc.. was the only thing to watch so whomever passed that filter was shown to the world.
Now it’s mingled in with all the porn, ragebait, trash so never gets really highlighted because people have a choice now and they are choosing brainrot.
Hence my point that whereas in the past you may have never thought about it but we’re “forced” to watch it because there just wasn’t anything else on. Now if someone is on a “boring” distribe about politics, people swipe to look at butts and cats because it’s easier
The high brow stuff, which absolutely exists and more than ever, are not being forced on you by taste makers anymore. Cavett/Cronkite etc.. was the only thing to watch so whomever passed that filter was shown to the world.
Now it’s mingled in with all the porn, ragebait, trash so never gets really highlighted because people have a choice now and they are choosing brainrot.
Hence my point that whereas in the past you may have never thought about it but we’re “forced” to watch it because there just wasn’t anything else on. Now if someone is on a “boring” distribe about politics, people swipe to look at butts and cats because it’s easier