Important nuance here is depth: among the greatest cultural innovators is a much more even field. But culture is made by the ppl who keep trying, keep showing up, and doing just ok, even in lieu of great talent. And in that regard the right cannot compete. https://twitter.com/L0m3z/status/1025179067270590464 …
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This is superficially a reversal of the conservative conscientious meme, but how it actually works is ppl w/o regard for their future flinging themselves against the ramparts of talent scounts long afyer they “should” have thrown in the towel
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And these people who consistently deliver mediocrity out-compete more talented conservatives, and join the ranks of their more talented liberal compatriots, wherein the talent level somewhat seems to equalize.
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It’s definitely still possible that ultimately the libs are funnier, but it’s hard to be certain. My sense is that there are many hilarious heterodox lawyers etc who have just opted to make money snd earn status along reliable lines
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Replying to @paul_hundred
As you may know, I don't believe in a low-dimensional political spectrum- certainly nothing as pedestrian as one dimension. Comedy is a fair example of this. You're absolutely right about how mediocrity plays out, but I find the greats to be unclassifiable. (cont.)
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Replying to @RotemEren @paul_hundred
There's clearly a sense of anarchy which is important to great comedy, but that anarchy is also directed at the ideology of anarchism, so there's no political match-up to it. Seinfeld and Woody Allen are now almost right-wing for thinking comedy is amoral, but they're no cons.
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Replying to @RotemEren @paul_hundred
For what it's worth, my personal pick for greatest in the game (putting aside Woody, who's practically dead), Steven Wright, is more or less a libertarian from what I can gather from his rare serious public statements.
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Yeah it’s only that we’re in a kind of lopsided dark age that so many greats would be made out to be Right. What I would say is that great art and entertainment always entails reactionary elements and most adept practioners will be hard (or misleadingly easy) to classify.
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Replying to @paul_hundred
I don't know about genuinely reactionary attitudes and comedy. As I said, if there's any common thread, it's anarchy. If anything, PC bullshit has given a lot of low-hanging fruit for online reactionaries who are not very talented. I mean, in a good world Smug would not be funny.
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I think we’re in the semantic weeds here and don’t disagree
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