The Political Factor: Nationalism
Aesthetics takes a political form that is repressive.
It advances with the power of big nations over the small nations and it sets the norms.
It keeps nations from developing their own norms and way of life.
Critics today speak of multinational corporations spreading uniformity in art and culture around the world. People are tuning their radios, TVs, and computers everywhere into western music, stories, and films.
This is a worldwide ‘commoditization’ of culture, a homogenization of values degrading local art.