[DoodleBob]

But 20 years ago it was Brittany Spears and her live kiss with Madonna. That was also around the time of the Teletubbies. We survived her and them. In fact that kind of sensationalism woke up sleeping parents to the subversive dimension of many elements of culture. Those parents circa 2020 are now Deplorables and gave us President Trump. That worked out pretty good.

We agree on the intrinsic risk of caustic culture. We disagree on the ability of the individual to enact controls to render an acceptable residual risk.

[MarDav]

“We disagree on the ability of the individual to enact controls to render an acceptable residual risk.“

I think we may be speaking at cross purposes here. My point (however poorly made) is that Cardi B represents the continuation of the slide into moral decay and that slide is perpetuated by the failure of individuals to, in your words, “enact controls” (demonstrate social responsibility toward their neighbors).

On another note, the very definition of art and the artist has changed (from producing that which is ennobling to a “pushing the envelope” attitude). That we are sitting here and may be entertaining the notion of things like WAP being “art” or people like a Cardi B being an artist says everything one needs to know about where we are as a society.