Kitsch
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The Politics of Kitch
A lot of politics can very easily be described s kitch. The political category of kitch exerts this pull downward at the level of thought, where it's not only that you are just lost in this unreflected enjoyment, but that that enjoyment prevents you from formulating interesting neans thoughts. And one thing that you might think about here is what happened with nine 11. There was a unthinkable tragedy that occurred, and then an almost immediate move to processing this national trama through kitch. Because kitch is american culture. Like i said, i've just started to see it truly everywhere.
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