On one hand, it's kind of funny that his idea of a golden age of arts is definitely just the Rockettes and Cats. On the other hand, it's fascism 101 to suppress real art and instead elevate nostalgia and kitsch - ThreadSky

planetoffinks.bsky.social • 20 days ago

On one hand, it's kind of funny that his idea of a golden age of arts is definitely just the Rockettes and Cats. On the other hand, it's fascism 101 to suppress real art and instead elevate nostalgia and kitsch

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The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

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theplayfulbrush.bsky.social•20 days ago

One might think they are just following the Nazi playbook or something… now controlling the arts, on top of everything else…

A new Weimar era…

theplayfulbrush.bsky.social•20 days ago

No doubt, he will feature Sam Ryan’s painting of his “glorious” survival…

theplayfulbrush.bsky.social•20 days ago

Or crossing the Delaware/swamp of Washington… by Jon McNaughton…

brokeshealds.bsky.social•20 days ago

I'm sure he wants to bring back all the times when he got to do cameos on TV shows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMNnKqBJr4

planetoffinks.bsky.social•20 days ago

Fascism is many terrible things, but one of those things is that fascism is tacky.

ridgewaygirl.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nazi-endorsed art was all marble statues and painting of trad life and this next iteration is going to be the same subject matter but all AI produced and it will kill our souls.

j9andif.bsky.social•20 days ago

Hitler loved the Tiller Girls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

j9andif.bsky.social•20 days ago

(Please note that I only realised the Rockettes are America's Tiller Girls like two weeks ago)

eljayvee.bsky.social•20 days ago

stevese.bsky.social•20 days ago

At least Jon McNaughton will be finally honored for his contributions to the golden ages of art

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•20 days ago

The good news is that a single Cybertruck parked in the lot under the building might render all of this moot.

jessethegray.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nostalgia is built into so much of the mainstream already, part of a feature of why we are here imo.
State control of culture is more scary when we are already so comfortable with nostalgia and looking to the past (postmodernisms gift)

serephita.bsky.social•20 days ago

The surge of “tradwife” content on the clock app I feel like accelerated it

thegamedesigndad.bsky.social•20 days ago

I feel like that’s maybe Fascism 103. There are some pre-reqs before you get to the arts.

planetoffinks.bsky.social•20 days ago

Incorrect. Suppressing art is one of fascism's very first steps

thegamedesigndad.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yeah, that’s high on the action plan but I wouldn’t start the syllabus with it. Sorry, I’ve been thinking about my syllabus this morning so I might be coming at this from the wrong direction.

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