cultural imperialism

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>
>
>
> >There is no way to cock your snoot at
> >contemporary US popular culture without coming across like William 
>Bennett,
> >Hilton Kramer or just some tiresome boomer old fart.  But again, I think
> >schlock has gotten much schlockier in the last few decades, and I think
> >US-led turbocharged global capitalism is the reason for this 
>degeneration.
>
>Okay, let's see some evidence of this degeneration of popular culture- on
>why Bonanza is such an improvement on the Practice, why fifties horror
>flicks are so much better Scream or The Others, why Bewitched was so much
>better than Buffy the Vampire Slayer? [etc.] ...
>
>So where is the loss from a few decades ago?
>
>Nathan Newman

Excellent points all, Nathan.  You're right, nostalgia's a deathtrap.  But I 
still think human cultural potential would be better served by moving on 
from capitalism -- whatever its legitimate past achievements -- to some form 
of socialist society.  I certainly hope that's true.

Carl

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