No one is saying don't make thrilling drama. But there's a wildly successful British baking show that proves wholesome works too.
Instead of defaulting to cynicism and worshipping money/power, let's make some thrilling drama that don't involve shitty rich people.
I bet you watching rich fuckers eat shit would sell very well given the current climate of neo-feudalism
I do agree with and appreciate the nuance, it's clear from your careful wording you understand conservatism by definition doesn't have a cause to stand for, hence reactionary. It's apt in a good faith discussion.
My problem is supplying ammunition for bad faith discussion. Like what "libertarians" are to conservatives. They'll claim they're not conservatives, they're just libertarians. All the while supporting the same goals with a different name.
Actually, I think it shows how susceptible people are to what media tells them. The word is getting out to resist and organize. Traditional media doesn't have full control, but it is working to slow the reaction down.
Furthermore, people have a much tighter leash to their corporate overlords/sponsors, they have to be strategic about which protest (if they even have the energy).
So yeah, it's dumb and circumstances. But we've been been engineered down this path for the past few decades, it's coming for you too.
Fuck capitalism.
It's not meaning. It's just a mechanism. It's the canvas to what we do and ascribe meaning to.
Then again, our "meaning" might simply be a mechanism to another system