6 June

Humans’ own culture is as invisible to them as water is to fish. The massing of tens of thousands of people into a space to all watch and listen to a handful of musicians doesn’t exist for 99% of human history. Its origin is politics, not art, the huge rallies of followers for various political leaders in history. Music is now politics too, that’s what gig culture means, the millions gathering around rock stars isn’t just people coming to listen to music. The music could be pre-recorded and most wouldn’t even notice. People are drawn to these events because rock stars are heroes to them. A guide in their lives. Here The Boss is even explicit about it, campaigning against Trump. The irony here is this industry drove much of the damage to public life it now protests about. Woodstock counter-culture IS the culture of anti-establishment destruction that Trump is now the endgame of.