Q&A about Entertainment Debates

Published by

Clarissa

February 17, 2026

No, I never heard of these people. I can say, however, that high culture has always been the purview of a tiny minority, and that is absolutely fine. It might feel like the number of stupid people with terrible taste is growing. But it’s not growing. We simply see them more often because of social media. The number of people who can understand and enjoy the novels of Anthony Trollope was always small. The number of those who can understand philosophy is even smaller. What changed is that reading Trollope is a superior form of entertainment because it requires a higher IQ and a better organized brain.

Rate this:

4 responses to “Q&A about Entertainment Debates”

Anonymous

February 17, 2026

Part of adapting to a world without gatekeeping is recognizing and muting, as quickly as possible, all the megaphones for trash culture in one’s newsfeed.

Fortunately, 70% or more of them can be eliminated without any thought or analysis by reflexively zapping anything with a picture of a nubile young woman attached, and/or simply using an aggressive image blocker when browsing the internet: if it isn’t interesting without the pictures, it isn’t interesting.

-ethyl

LikeLike

Reply
1. Clarissa
  
  February 17, 2026
  
  Yes. We have to enforce our own and our children’s boundaries. There’s simply no other way.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
Demotrash

February 17, 2026

I’ve actually seen a backlash among the left to these anti-intellectual attitudes lately. It’s nice to see.

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. Avi
  
  February 19, 2026
  
  “a backlash among the left to these anti-intellectual attitudes lately“
  
  Do you care to be more explicit, Demotrash?
  
  Because, apart from their usual, strident intellectual snobbery – often totally unfounded since most Lefties tend to be lightweight, at best, nitwits in general – I have seen zero sign of it, in fact the opposite.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply

Clarissa's Blog