There’s no cultural right to be remembered. You stay in history by constantly doing things worthy of historic note. If you otherwise enjoy material well-being, but riot and make a scene simply because you’re not used to being out of the spotlight, that’s just assholery.
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Unironically yes to the parade thing, unfortunately. The version I see (mostly Midwest-flavored) seems more to do with reduced power/skill to shape culture-level narratives -- lessened local influence in the face of higher cultural interconnectedness...
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...where older or more locally-contained means of cultural reproduction hold less sway. Parades (e.g.) don't actually have the History-affirming effect that some may like to believe, and folks who cling to them get left out of the narrative for aesthetic reasons
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Isn't this just the polite way of saying that you're being oppressed? "mister it seems you're forgetting something? *holds out bowl to receive gruel*"
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meh it seems like a significant part of the complaint is being “culturally” forgotten as opposed being “forgotten by the system” (the people who complain about being “forgotten” by culture aren’t the same as those actually forgotten by our institutions)
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It does not mean what you think it means.
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Sure it’s basically a dogwhistle. But the literal phrase/surface narrative is what annoys me.
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