08-20-2019, 08:47 AM
(08-19-2019, 07:57 PM)Hintergrund Wrote: People are free to consume as much culture as they want in their spare time. In fact, this has become way easier with the internet and esp. youtube.
True, but knowing what to look for is the trick, and one available solely through formal education. Example:
The music might grab you if you hear it... the generic title
Franz Schubert: Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
won't, especially if you typically fall for "Baby, baby -- I need your love" or something similarly blatant.
I grew out of pop music about as I reached college age, which is when disco (Yuck!) hit the scene.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.