For those who mock me or criticize me, putting your politics aside, do you honestly like culture today? Pop culture, music, movies, and the ways things are in America as opposed to the 1950s, 60s, ect? Again, I'm not talking about race relations or political ideology.
I like that there is a much greater variety of programming today, which means more specialized shows for different audiences. Sunday tv in the 1980s without cable was *boring.* It was all martial arts movies, b&w movies, and golf.
There is greater access to music today, and much greater opportunity to learn about new kinds of music and sample it before buying than in the dark ages. This is a great column about how constricted information was back then. You live in a golden age now to be able to track down every '80s or '50s song and video you want, whenever you want it. The fact we have a much more diverse popular culture that meets more people's individual needs, instead of a few broad mainstream cultures metered by gatekeepers, is an unambiguous win for us all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/opinion/sunday/10coates.html
