media was at least owned by dozens or hundreds of separate entities that all had different viewpoints and agendas and would employ more people with working class pedigrees.
oldschool issues of seventeen magazine have more wokeness in them than what people complain about nowadays. that was a national coffee table publication read by millions of teen girls.
in 2026, there’s no resistance whatsoever other than internet chatter that doesn’t amount to fuck all. i don’t even mean resistance that matters but at least someone who writes for a national publication who’ll rip into a tv show or film and call it whiny, out of touch yuppie bullshit.
our entire culture has been gentrified.
more like
systematic failures of capitalism ruining your life
then have everyone shout at you ‘what about personal responsibility?’ often, even your family.
this is one of the most insidious things about american culture and ends up inflicting the most damage to your well-being.