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Message Subject Culture is dead
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I just watched this. A very good video. I agree with him completely, including his method of moving forward. The classical philosophers recognized the value and necessity of art, and in particular recognized its role in shaping an individual's values and the direction of a culture.

His point seems to be true of socialism and libertarianism. Socialism had a very distinctive art style: red colors, solidarity, raised fists, workers, etc. Libertarianism spread primarily through the art of Ayn Rand, as much as libertarian intellectuals want to reject that. And come to think of it, Nazism was primarily an aesthetic movement.

So I like that idea. Start with art: paintings, music, sculpture, video games, movies - whatever art form can get the values of freedom, virtue, and beauty out there.

The philosophy of freedom has already been created. The intellectual task is primarily to preserve it and restate it for each new generation, and apply it to the new problems we face. But the system is there. We need art.
 
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