You know, a quarter-century ago I described myself as "mostly libertarian" in my political outlook. Today …
Wow. Today.
The problem with the upcoming July 4 250th Anniversary Shitshow isn't that it features conservative artists: it's that it doesn't feature any _good_ conservative artists.
"Ah, but Rob," I keep hearing, "there is no such thing as good conservative art!"
Really? Why was 1984's box-office blockbuster a comedy about a bunch of refugees from academia going into business for themselves, the trouble of acquiring capital, the headaches of real estate and capital outlays, staffing, meeting payroll, and how the very *moment* they started to get ahead an unelected busybody bureaucrat who doesn't understand their business shuts them down, kicking off a disaster only the protagonists can fix?
That's _Ghostbusters,_ folks. Peel back the superficial trappings and you've got a pro-capitalist, pro-entrepreneurship, anti-regulation workplace comedy.
There is _great_ conservative art being made.
It's just the MAGA crew hates it even more than Hollywood. And with good reason: can you even imagine what Egon Spengler would do with Trump?