being a liberal “academic” sounds so goddamn exhausting. how on earth do you spend so much time looking high minded, writing so many words to explain the reality of the world around you just to never actually come up with a single ounce of something profound to say. Self assured idiots who are only concerned with presenting as smart and rational whole not having a single original or subversive thought ever even have the chance to grace their sterile minds?
The problem with the elite institutions is that they’re too often focused not on academic exploration but on training rich kids to communicate with others in “high society,” the tropes, name drops, and jargon to signify being “cultured.” The analysis of what Cage was trying to say with his music isn’t the point, the point is to give them the clever things about Cage they can say years down the line at gala events.
being a liberal “academic” sounds so goddamn exhausting. how on earth do you spend so much time looking high minded, writing so many words to explain the reality of the world around you just to never actually come up with a single ounce of something profound to say. Self assured idiots who are only concerned with presenting as smart and rational whole not having a single original or subversive thought ever even have the chance to grace their sterile minds?
The problem with the elite institutions is that they’re too often focused not on academic exploration but on training rich kids to communicate with others in “high society,” the tropes, name drops, and jargon to signify being “cultured.” The analysis of what Cage was trying to say with his music isn’t the point, the point is to give them the clever things about Cage they can say years down the line at gala events.