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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 11:01:57 JST Rich Felker

   • Baldur Bjarnason
   • Emma Builds 🚀

   @emma @baldur I have zero trust in polls. They reach increasingly irrelevant portions of the population and ppl strategically lie.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 11:07:21 JST Rich Felker

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     • Baldur Bjarnason
     • Emma Builds 🚀

     @emma @baldur Anyway, sorry, I don't want to have an argument among ppl who are fundamentally on the same side but perceive things differently.

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:01:01 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     • Emma Builds 🚀

     @dalias @emma So, what any given group of voters want doesn't really matter except that they're sizeable enough of a group to provide cover that lets the ruling class do what it wants. There is a shift in the ruling classes in the US, but there is also a shift in what the existing ruling class (like studio CEOs) would like to see.

     I used "cultural shift" because it describes what's happening without getting into the "why" because that's a much longer and more involved conversation.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:01:01 JST Rich Felker

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     • Baldur Bjarnason
     • Emma Builds 🚀

     @baldur @emma I'm skeptical they'll have much success feeding folks entertainment the ruling class wants.

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     Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:01:02 JST Baldur Bjarnason

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     • Emma Builds 🚀

     @dalias @emma Apologies for not stepping in earlier but time zones

     It's important to note here that culture is not a democracy. Culture is defined by what gets made and that's mediated by capital. Mainstream culture is made and controlled by a set of systems controlled by the ruling classes who have always involved themselves in what gets made. E.g. there's genuine demand for things like more female leads or diverse casts, but those movies have always been the exception