i think it's funny we've recreated evolutionary niches on the Internet. you've got herd animals and colorful toxic things, scavengers and bugs

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like yeah you win your internal purity test for not bowing to capital but your whole group, the aesthetic you claim to honor, loses. do you really love art?

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we live in a world ruled by money, you should probably have a justification in your terms. in years past money had to construct such a justification in a world ruled by the sword.

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generally i think it's reasonable to expect a better argument than "shut up" from people who dedicate their lives to the aesthetic

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there is an effect where the students who were specially favored for indulging a teacher's passion for a dying art in turn become teachers seeking another generation. eventually, there aren't any more generations. every art dies.

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