Monopolization Is Killing Art
Monopolization Is Killing Art The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP/Getty Images. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying remotely during a hearing to discuss reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, on October 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C. When some colleagues and I recently met to discuss the past year in culture, we easily agreed on one thing only: Corporate consolidation, and not just the pandemic, took a heavy toll on the arts this year. Everybody seems to be streaming the ...