Artists are canceling performances at Trump’s renamed Kennedy Center, and the backlash is exposing a familiar lie: that submission equals unity. From Montgomery to lunch counters to today’s cultural boycotts, obedience has never been a virtue; it has always been complicity.
This iPINIONS post explains why empty seats are not a failure of culture, but a verdict on power that mistakes compliance for consensus.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/artists-are-boycotting-trumps-kennedy
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