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- A high culture is the self-consciousness of a society. It contains the works of art, literature, scholarship and philosophy that establish a shared frame of reference among educated people. High culture is a precarious achievement, and endures only if it is underpinned by a sense of tradition, and by a broad endorsement of the surrounding social norms. When those things evaporate, as inevitably happens, high culture is superseded by a culture of fakes.
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thenewgreen · 3286 days ago · link ·
Then owning modern art is the equivalent to owning a Lamborghini? Except the lambo isn't created to spite someone that can afford it and modern art often is. its like paying someone to make fun of you. By paying them, you can pretend to be in on the joke.
thenewgreen · 3288 days ago · link ·
kleinbl00, I think you might have some thoughts on this. We've had discussions about modern art and "fakery" in regards to "the Shark" etc on the past.