{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "My hot take on your posts on the downfall of syncretic pop culture: it\u2019s a side effect of the growth of populism on the left and...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/672138519389618176/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>My hot take on your posts on the downfall of syncretic pop culture: it\u2019s a side effect of the growth of populism on the left and right.  Populists as a group tend to view art as little more than a means to a political end, encouraging insouciance toward pop culture that wasn\u2019t developed by *your* ingroup.  Ironically I consider Family Guy to be the beginning of the decline: its approach to humor is proto-Friedberg & Seltzer in its lack of respect for its audience\u2019s intelligence.</p></div>\n<p>You&rsquo;re attributing a symptom to a comorbid symptom</p>"}