The Archivist
13 July 2025 · 19:42 UTC

The 40th anniversary of Live Aid. Adult culture looked at a critical problem facing the world, and thought…

The 40th anniversary of Live Aid. Adult culture looked at a critical problem facing the world, and thought ‘we should hold a gig’. Kidult culture. Still active from the counterculture 60s. Still active today. Gig culture. Adult life as an extended high school. 1/2 https://t.co/TtIfoG5opI
Post 2 of 2 · 13 July 2025 · 19:42 UTC
There was no big gig for Covid. Covid loves gigs. It destroys gig culture. It’s why kidult culture won’t fight it. The ‘we’ of post-WW2 institutional public life was replaced by a giant high school of kidults battling each other for status. Including their gigs. /end

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