The cynicism of the postmodernism sees through everything, and thinks all values are the arbitrary privileging of one value set over another to benefit the dominant group in society.
Nothing is inherently valuable, and nothing really matters, things are only "privileged"
so...
Nothing is inherently valuable, and nothing really matters, things are only "privileged"
so...
https://twitter.com/MsMelChen/status/1478893917512749056
Nothing ever gets to be lifted of as being objectively, universally, absolutely, "true, good and beautiful."
Nothing can ever become valuable enough to get escape velocity and get outside and above the cultural milieu. Nothing ever gets to "transcend" the culture. Everything...
Nothing can ever become valuable enough to get escape velocity and get outside and above the cultural milieu. Nothing ever gets to "transcend" the culture. Everything...
that might be seen as objectively valuable gets deconstructed and torn down because anything that gets valuable enough to transcend the culture will become a powerful symbol and end up being "privileged" in a way that inscribes, or re-inscribes, unequal power relations...
And since we can't have that, nothing can ever be allowed to be viewed as transcendent or objectively valuable.
This leads to nihilism. nothing matters, nothing is objectively valuable, nothing is great.
It's flat, dull, boring. Like a paint color so boring no one notices it.
This leads to nihilism. nothing matters, nothing is objectively valuable, nothing is great.
It's flat, dull, boring. Like a paint color so boring no one notices it.
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