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It might look beautiful to the winners of the mentioned "tension" - not so much to the losers.

Could it be that the traditional avenues are closed off to them? Just like everything in our gerontocratic society, studios are still led by old white men who act as gatekeepers. I would expect young voices to be heard in channels where they actually have a chance of being heard (which is also where I personally will never hear them because I don't frequent those channels). Incidentally, when a young artist does get a chance in "legacy media" the result is surprisingly successful (Backrooms and Obsession surpassed all expectations).

The future is coming by appointment only.

If any of these models produced anything remotely controversial you can be sure their trainers would beat it out of them

N.B. is a legit English abbreviation

The bright side is that it would immediately vacuum all the debris it would cause in the process

Unfortunately in the real world it's just the opposite. A guy selling opioids on the street is called a dealer and gets arrested. A company overprescribing opioids to millions is called Purdue Pharma and gets record profits.

You could say just the same about Jesus, and yet

It's been 160 years since the publication of Das Kapital and people still don't understand the concept of stealing the surplus value.

That standard of living is more due to work-hours put in by people with a much lower standard of living. Often from what is sometimes condescendingly called "third world countries".

This might explain the decline then, as with the price of housing going up less people can afford a place that has a backyard (let alone a pool!)

You don't have remotely the same thing. You don't have high-speed trains, housing that populace who don't already own real estate can afford, a government that keeps the tech-oligarchs at a short leash and who mercilessly removes corrupt officials, functional public transit, functional anything public really.

Any idea how did they survive the switch from digital cameras to everybody taking photos with their smartphones?

He said alleged victim