What movements have switched from irony to sincerity, and vice versa? Socialism seemed mostly ironic in the 90s if it existed at all but people are comfortable being sincere about it now Similarly Racism in several directions American patriotism is nearly purely ironic today
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wonder if there's a sincerity --> kitsch --> irony --> sincerity cycle
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Yes, it would help to think of these more as tactical applications of style IMO. You can lie sincerely, too! I still think irony is a bit distasteful, but more for aesthetic reasons.
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Not directly saying what you mean makes it possible to implicitly communicate things that can’t be said, so yeah, I agree on the meta-sincerity
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I thought everyone knew this, instinctively.
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