IF IT’S FUN, IT’S PROPAGANDA
A New Futurist Rebuttal to the Frankfurt School
I. Against Guilt-Pleasure Culture
The myth of seriousness = meaning.
How academia kills joy with jargon.
II. Adorno vs the ADHD Brain
Why the neurodivergent mind rejects the passive consumer narrative.
Fun = stimulation = cognition = flow.
III. Speed Is Not Superficial
Fast art is not empty. It’s sharpened.
Just because it slaps doesn’t mean it’s dumb.
IV. The New Futurist Response
“I paint speed, not stillness.”
“If it’s propaganda, then let me be a heretic. I’ll make propaganda for the soul.”
We turn their fear of mass enjoyment on its head. We say:
Joy is revolutionary. Flow is resistance. And art that feels is art that works.
Fuck the Frankfurt School
