The Romans advanced the productive forces of conquered territory the same way America does - in a way that’s self-serving and oppressive. Doesn’t sit right with me to talk about them like they’re doing it to benefit society (except their own).
And regarding American art, you don’t have to like all of it but you don’t honestly think it’s all valueless and devoid of content do you? Like, sure there’s Disney and marvel and whatever, but there’s also entire histories of art beyond that. For starters, all the music genres pioneered by black Americans like blues, rock and roll, jazz, country, rap, etc. “American” describes a lot more than big white corporations
The Romans advanced the productive forces of conquered territory the same way America does - in a way that’s self-serving and oppressive. Doesn’t sit right with me to talk about them like they’re doing it to benefit society (except their own).
And regarding American art, you don’t have to like all of it but you don’t honestly think it’s all valueless and devoid of content do you? Like, sure there’s Disney and marvel and whatever, but there’s also entire histories of art beyond that. For starters, all the music genres pioneered by black Americans like blues, rock and roll, jazz, country, rap, etc. “American” describes a lot more than big white corporations