I agree.

A further effect of the dominance of pop culture< in my experience, is that art or any other original output can only have any possible worthiness if it is presented by the pop culture curators. Any attempt at an original contribution to culture that is encountered outside that framework is irrelevant. It cannot even be worthy of consideration, much less appraisal.

People under the influence of pop culture understand that it is 'not their place' to decide for themselves even whether they like such content or not. They accept that they are to confine themselves consuming among the choices that are provided for them within that framework.

Here we arrive at the real key to the oppressive success of pop culture: it empowers its adherents. They are supremely confident in their determined ignorance of any content the Curators have not seen fit to provide.