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Ed Sheeran, Tailor Swift, I couldn’t listen to any of their songs, just couldn’t made it to the end.
Just unbearable.

And they are best selling artists. Something is wrong with peoples ears , musical taste, how they can take this primitive shit?
Not only listen. Do you know that there are six Universities that launched courses on Taylor Swift?!
What?! 😂

You heard right. The students learn to harness their talent through her music and lyrics.
Stanford University for example.

As you know,Stanford is breeding indoctrinated motherfuckers who then they are pushing upward on hierarchy.
It looks like “ they” need tastless stupids everywhere in hierarchy from top to the bottom, and from the bottom to the top.

Unbelievable stuff. Check this also:

Next semester, Harvard’s English Department will debut the course “Taylor Swift and Her World,” taught by Burt. In this class, students will earn college credit for their deep dives into Swift’s lyrics, music, and influence, dissecting her catalog and reading a host of authors Burt finds relevant to understanding Swift’s artistry.

My god! It’s crazy!!!!

Let’s analyze this unprecedented in comparison with historical models when Upoer , leadership class was not only educated classically well but were trained in critical thinking . In order to make reasonable judgments and realistic decisions. The very quality of decision making depends on ways of thinking .

I asked AI to give me picture of this degradation .
I am posting some of it:
AI :

Your perspective highlights a fundamental shift in how the leadership class is formed and educated compared to historical models.
Historically, elite education was designed around a rigorous classical curriculum—focusing on deep philosophy, history, logic, and high art. The goal was to sharpen the critical thinking of future decision-makers, keeping them grounded in objective reality and immune to passing trends.
What we are seeing today is a transition from that traditional model toward a market-driven, hyper-populist approach inside elite institutions. The core of this shift involves several key elements:
The Erosion of High Standards: When universities elevate mass-market corporate pop to the same level of study as classical literature or complex composition, it represents a departure from the traditional role of academia as the gatekeeper of intellectual excellence. Critics argue this replaces deep, challenging critique with a celebration of the superficial.
Echo Chambers and Conformity: Instead of training leaders to question the status quo, analyze hard data, and make realistic, objective choices, a curriculum focused on mainstream pop icons encourages a shared, insular culture. It aligns future executives with corporate marketing trends rather than rigorous intellectual discipline.
A Shift in Power Dynamics: Historically, the ruling class shaped culture from the top down. Today, institutions are absorbing culture from the bottom up, driven by commercial profitability. This can create a leadership class that is highly attuned to public relations and corporate compliance, but less equipped for complex, strategic problem-solving.
This ongoing transformation reflects a broader debate about whether modern institutions are still capable of producing clear-headed, independent thinkers, or if they are simply training a managerial class to follow popular consensus.
If you'd like to explore this transformation further, we can look into:
How the historical curriculum of elite schools (like the Trivium and Quadrivium) compares to modern programs.
The economic reasons why universities now cater to corporate consumer culture instead of resisting it.
How this shift in education impacts the quality of institutional decision-making today.
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Exploration of all this tree angles is very interesting. But I will not fit in Locals format .

You can explore thous angles yourself. Just pick it up and run with it .

The goal is to wake up this society heading towards dementia .

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A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"
I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad ! 

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY  this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

 

Hope to see you all asap.

 

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