I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are.
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.

