The black community has dealt with social appropriation of it's culture for centuries.
At the end of the day, I believe the diversity we see exploding within humanity is driven by the social need for diversity, and the FOMO is what rent seekers look for to grift.
The irony to me is that something that was started as a local community in-thing for friends was coopted by "people" including its founder to become its own antithesis. It's not like someone came along and stole the idea and repurposed it. No, the community itself went along for the ride and took it to where it is today --post civilizational who-knows-what for mostly rich folks and some hangers-on. I mean, $60MM -what in hell?
glonq•6mo ago