We have an attachment to the pop culture from when we're roughly 15-25 and most of us spend the rest of it lives thinking everything after that is garbage. Is that a better way to put it?
Pop culture, as well as the clash of generations, is a pretty recent phenomenon. Just because something was in vogue when you or I were young doesn't mean one can't and shouldn't go beyond his immature teenage taste and ideas. I don't know how old you are, but I certainly don't hold the same dumbass worldview or listen to the same music as when I was 20.
True beauty is timeless. Bach's music, a Rembrandt painting or a monumental building will forever be beautiful to all generations, as long as they've not degenerated into morons and savages incapable of appreciating it.
Sure. There are Ancient Greek texts expressing similar sentiments. It has only been weaponized in the 20th century though. Generations generally held the same beliefs, norms and traditions - there was simply not much cultural change and when there was it spread over a very long period. What you call clash of generations in ancient times is old people bitching about the young being young and stupid and vice versa. It was an age thing, not a cultural or existential one.
Today you have the conservative boomer grandma who still goes to the local Catholic Church and doesn't mind staying at the kitchen, her twice divorced gen x/millennial narcissistic girl-boss grand-daughter and her gender-queer furry lgbtqyz zoomer daughter getting groomed at her school's drag queen story hour. This is a complete mess unparalleled by any time in history. There's no social cohesion and no bridges between those generations. We're in unexplored territory and this is one huge demonic experiment.
We have an attachment to the pop culture from when we're roughly 15-25 and most of us spend the rest of it lives thinking everything after that is garbage. Is that a better way to put it?
Pop culture, as well as the clash of generations, is a pretty recent phenomenon. Just because something was in vogue when you or I were young doesn't mean one can't and shouldn't go beyond his immature teenage taste and ideas. I don't know how old you are, but I certainly don't hold the same dumbass worldview or listen to the same music as when I was 20.
True beauty is timeless. Bach's music, a Rembrandt painting or a monumental building will forever be beautiful to all generations, as long as they've not degenerated into morons and savages incapable of appreciating it.
The "clash of generations" was documented in Mesopotamia. Try again. It has always been with us
Sure. There are Ancient Greek texts expressing similar sentiments. It has only been weaponized in the 20th century though. Generations generally held the same beliefs, norms and traditions - there was simply not much cultural change and when there was it spread over a very long period. What you call clash of generations in ancient times is old people bitching about the young being young and stupid and vice versa. It was an age thing, not a cultural or existential one.
Today you have the conservative boomer grandma who still goes to the local Catholic Church and doesn't mind staying at the kitchen, her twice divorced gen x/millennial narcissistic girl-boss grand-daughter and her gender-queer furry lgbtqyz zoomer daughter getting groomed at her school's drag queen story hour. This is a complete mess unparalleled by any time in history. There's no social cohesion and no bridges between those generations. We're in unexplored territory and this is one huge demonic experiment.