[lbo-talk] Youth Culture

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Tue Apr 27 21:08:12 PDT 2010


On Tue, April 27, 2010 8:41 pm, Bhaskar Sunkara forwarded:


> Chris Maisano, mastermind of the plot to ruin America through giving
> undeserving minorities Medicare and editor of *The Activist*, offered his
> own commentary on the review earlier today:
> http://theactivist.org/blog/m-i-yay

Wherein Maisano writes:


> Early 21st century youth culture hasn’t been much better, mired as it is
> in nostalgia, self-infantilization, and solipsism.

(1) The videogame culture is a shining counter-example, and it's one of the biggest branches of the media around. (2) Youth culture across the rest of the planet is incredibly dynamic and exciting -- there's world-class hip hop from Brazil and Russia, music videos from West Africa, videogames from Helsinki and Zagreb, etc.

-- DRR



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