That's exactly the kind of fatalistic attitude that's being criticized here though. If you can recognize that you're surrounded by garbage, you can decide that

That's exactly the kind of fatalistic attitude that's being criticized here though. If you can recognize that you're surrounded by garbage, you can decide that you want things to be different. If you decide you want things to be different, you can potentially inspire other people to feel the same way. If the current environment just dictated the future one, there would be never be any change in our culture. In my opinion you are underestimating how voraciously we humans get sick of <current thing> and seek out something new.