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I must admit my cultural observation about those cohorts is they are ideologically docile and easily molded into whatever the establishment deems the correct id
by eej71 2y ago
I must admit my cultural observation about those cohorts is they are ideologically docile and easily molded into whatever the establishment deems the correct ideology to uphold. As one data point, I offer up their penchant for policing soon to be published YA fiction and whether it adheres to the prevailing orthodoxy.
- giraffe_lady 2y ago> I offer up their penchant for policing soon to be published YA fiction and whether it adheres to the prevailing orthodoxy. Sorry what does this mean?
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoThe YA publishing industry has a recurring phenomenon of new books getting spiked at the finish line due to social media arguments over identity politics. (https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/in-ya-where-is-the-line-between-criticism-and-cancel-culture https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/in-ya-where-is-...)
- b800h 2y agoIIRC there's rather a lot of "cancellation" of authors in the YA fiction market.
- tolerance 2y agoI think that the confusion comes from the problem of identifying who "the authority" and "the establishment" is today. As all the past symbols of rebellion are becoming co-opted and its wearers are assimilating and become "The Them™" (formerly known as, "The Man™"). It doesn't help that there is a dearth of "new" ideologies or trends that the younger generation can discover and iterate over. The continuity of history that is enabled by technologies like the internet and the collective knowledge of older generations, has almost ossified the innovative properties of the kind of rebellion that a hip academic would find quaint and nostalgic of the period of youth that was the springboard to their own assimilation. All that remains for most people is to reach for absurdity. Which itself is absurd.