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There is a general cultural malaise that started with WW1 and its massive effect on Western society. WW2 then iterated on it, remnants of that old culture escaped to the US to power Hollywood, Broadway, Universities for a while - but this is coming to an end too.

Visit European museums, look at art right up to WW1. The massive meat grinder, the fall of empires and its cultural structures gave way to capitalist societies that churn faster, which benefits technology and consumption, but is detrimental for non-profit long term projects.

The Sistine Chapel will not happen again, anytime soon.

If it happens, it will come out of Asia. Western society lit itself on fire.




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