A short video about the negative effects of egalitarianism, especially Marxian versions of egalitarianism, on economic policy, culture, and aesthetics, but especially on aesthetics.
I watched a video by Vee recently about the trend in videogames toward uglier worlds and characters, and clunkier game mechanics, and something about the way he described the problem made this click.
I’m hoping that by more precisely identifying the problem, creators and critics will be better able to fight this kind of nonsense.
Read my notes for this episode here.