Ruled by guilt and 'safetyism'
No need for a state-run Ministry of Culture when artists censor themselves.
Canceling Russian cats
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The defining feature of the current western 21st century version of personhood is its vulnerability. Although society still upholds the ideal of self-determination and autonomy, the values associated with them are increasingly overridden by a message that stresses the quality of weakness. And if vulnerability is, indeed, the defining feature of the huma…
The toxic allure (and monetization) of victimhood
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I still remember the day one of my college professors walked into the classroom and gave a lecture on the deep fascination people have with tragedy and nastiness. It was an off-the-cuff monologue, inspired by him getting stuck in a traffic jam which had been caused by a wrecked car on the side of the road that morning. …