> Low culture becomes more valued as time passes and the distinctions fade. On the other hand, things that are worth preserving tend to survive longer thanks t

> Low culture becomes more valued as time passes and the distinctions fade. On the other hand, things that are worth preserving tend to survive longer thanks to the effort put in preserving them. In other words, while age and cultural value correlate well, it might be cultural value to cause longer survival times and not the other way around. It's also a good thing to make a distinction between cultural value in an anthropological sense (any relic is an historically important testimony of the past, but that doesn't make it good: a milk carton from today could be invaluable to a historian from 2000 years in the future) and actual craftsmanship and beauty.