Future of Fandom
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Future of Fandom
I think the McLuhan-esque take is to say that Fandoms are themselves voluntary culture-war militias recruited from the general population.
An argument could be made that groups like Antifa, BLM, Proud Boys, Patriot Front, etc... are in essence fandom para-military orgs with $$$.
"In the future, artists will get record deals because they have fansβnot the other way around."
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