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it's material and political. the most interesting people have enough resources to focus on non-survival tasks, and the individual or collective ability to act f
by ruined 2y ago
it's material and political. the most interesting people have enough resources to focus on non-survival tasks, and the individual or collective ability to act freely. today, people generally have higher expenses, less free time, and there are more cops. you'll still see interesting culture among
1. cities where living expenses are generally high, so discretionary spending is low, but a subculture has successfully secured low-cost housing or workspace somewhere the cops can't easily go.
2. rural areas where wages are generally low, so discretionary spending is low, but a subculture has successfully exploited region-exclusive exports or experiences somewhere the cops don't bother to go.
3. wealthy people
4. indigenous people that have resisted the incursion of wage labor and state power
- armchairhacker 2y ago> today, people generally have higher expenses, less free time, and there are more cops Do you have sources for these?
- LUmBULtERA 2y agoI found the above comment an interesting thought, but then it raises the question -- how do you measure "interesting culture"?
- specialist 2y agoAll three statements are manifestly true. I'd only add that free time is bi-modal; under- and over-employed with few people (in the USA) having "just right" work-life balances. Further, wrt "cops can't easily go", u/ruined might be riffing on ideas popularized by James C. Scott. eg The Art of Not Being Governed [2009] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago[dead]