Originally Posted by 2wins
in the end, it's all relative. numan's approach is numan's approach. do i believe he is wrong? of course. but for his own purposes, and his alone, he is right. of course, based upon the posts i have seen, numan would not agree with this assertion.

Still, I ask " what is numan's point?"
Assuming what he says is true in his context
what is the point?

ON a different thread, numan asserted that
Originally Posted by numan
One can indeed find much talent in America, but it is notably lacking in genius --- which is one of the most salient indicators of the barbarism and degeneracy of its society.

IMO this is speculative at best...
and, IMO demonstrably wrong since there has been barbarism and degeneracy associated with great art as well as the lack of great art.


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