Roskyline

For our lords and masters “culture goals” actually supersede economic gain, meaning they are willing to lose money to promote the kind of culture they want rather than make money on something there is actually a market for. Case in point: this article on the future of “American Idol”

So TLDR version: Idol’s ratings are up but that is actually a problem. It has too many cute white boys singing rock and country which by definition makes it “old” and uninteresting (at least to people in New York and LA who project their sensibilities on the rest of the country).

They would rather have idol be more “modern” (which means more minorities and electro-pop) and lose viewers.

The article has all sorts of unfortunate implications such as “whites are old, blacks are new so we should go with the wave of the future” and so on. The problem is the audience of Idol still has a degree of control over what they watch through voting. This audience (largely southern white female, the back bone of all “clean” reality tv) is able to select for what they want to see. Northern white female is the backbone of all “dirty” reality tv such as real housewives, bridezillas, the Kardashians, and so on but that is something for another day.

We cant give the people what they want because they will choose the wrong things you see. Even if ratings go down we need to keep pushing our cultural agenda. All “family friendly” mainstream tv is in the crosshairs of the media establishment right now for this very reason. This is naked social engineering. Why do you suppose so many movies that the backers know will lose money still get made? It is because profits are not the main objective here.