"...that substitution of means for ends, which is called idolatry in religion, absurdity in logic, and folly in morals. In aesthetics the thing has no name, but is nevertheless very common...it is found whenever we speak of what ought to please rather than what actually pleases"
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-George Santayana, The Sense of Beauty
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the thing that is silly about virtuous art a la wrathofgnon posting captioned images of ancient greek art is that it is idolatry
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see also: "wholesome" art pushed by church ladies, public art as denounced by
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hmm for many definitions of conservative I think i agree? Have to think more
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no wait I think I agree entirely
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cultural conservatives are left without many norms to defend, all of them being effectively undermined by novel physical and social technologies and those old equilibria stomped out.
Trying to revive dead norms really probably is best called reaction rather than conservation.
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