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Capitalism Is Draining the Life From Our Culture Industries (jacobin.com)

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the phrase "culture industry" is already the point where it's gone off the rails.

One of several parts of the Blue Man Group's Complex Rock Tour was poking fun at the contradiction in terms that is "the music industry." That something which is meant to be human and intangible is churned out on an assembly line like kitchen appliances.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 1 day ago

music is measurable, can be produced by inhuman objects, and has value. Everything that meets these requirements will be produced at scale in capitalism, this is not a design flaw, it is a design feature.