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> People want to see themselves in whatever you produce for them. It's that simple. Funny thing is comrade Tocqueville hit on that upon looking at the USA for
by B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
> People want to see themselves in whatever you produce for them. It's that simple.
Funny thing is comrade Tocqueville hit on that upon looking at the USA for a couple of months almost two centuries ago.
Something along the lines of "democratic peoples want to hear stories about themselves" (instead of the classics), rather early on the pages of his Democracy in America, writing about theater and culture.
- s-shellfish 8y agoNow that I think about it though, it really depends. If there's no stable reflection of self identity, that's what people seek out. But if there is a stable way to identify with the self, people seek out novelty, something different. I think the internet introduces both tunnel vision of self identity and complete chaos where self identity breaks down. This seems like it would be an obvious consequence of anonymity, but some things are easily forgotten. It makes sense with the Democratic process. Identities constantly swapping and merging, playing both sides while being neither fundamentally. It makes sense that communism would have a valid criticism. Stable, forced sense of identity suppresses dissent before it manifests. Until revolution, war happens, that is. Scary stuff!
- B1FF_PSUVM 8y agoBack in the old days of broadcast TV trying to hit peak audience, the voluntary sameness of the various broadcasters was scary ...
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