Saturday, May 13, 2023

Fighting commercialism

 

My whole life I've been told to be like everyone else. I've been made fun of because of my curiosity and imagination. Usually the people who do this are the most boring people on the planet, but anyone can make these mistakes.

Making a mistake is an action. We live in a world where anyone can say anything. A world where the most ignorant buffoons can call themselves experienced. This is the most full of crap period in time.

"Be like everyone else" is something you don't have to say out loud. You just have to create an atmosphere where you have no choice but to be like everyone else. Then you start imagining what "everyone" supposedly wants, what they are looking for.

Paintings, drawings, books, films, music. There's no "one audience" for these things. It's an illusion. People can brainwash themselves into thinking that they're part of some homogenous audience, but it will never work in reality.

Why would you be excited about AI art when it produces soulless wallpaper from stolen ideas? Why would you expect real creativity when there's no room for it?

I cannot tell you how much I hate the idea that everything has to be a franchise. Are people really that desperate and eager to give up? I don't say franchise anymore, I say french fries. It's like consuming french fries until you burst. It's about consumption.

I've been questioning the mindless marketing machinery for decades. Am I not a "real person" because of that? You're not going to break me no matter how much you try.

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