any and all culture that comes about on the internet serves as potential raw fuel for this new personality-based content creator class to exploit and make money off of. artists are often castigated for their lack of hustle in failing to channel virality in their work, while content creators who need the work of others to exist to continue to supply content to fans are celebrated as populists. and, to me, any ecosystem that celebrates the person who reacts to and comments on culture as a brave truth-teller, while subjugating the person who actually brings culture into being as whiny and entitled, is an ecosystem of parasites. the many creative people who struggle to fold themselves and their work around this reality, who increasingly feel like sell-outs who lack the opportunities to establish real integrity in their work, have good reason to feel tremendously resentful.