And indeed many artists did, but enough remained that most people on LW who are into literature or film can probably name a Russian author or Russian movie released in the last half-century. Same goes for India, Japan, even China and many other poor and/or un-Westernized places!
Notice how this more or less refutes the argument you tried to make in the grandparent.
I’m not making the argument that liberal democracy directly correlates to increasing the cultural value produced. Why else would I defend Iran in that particular regard? No, no, the object of my scorn is technocracy (at least, human technocracy) and I’m even willing to tolerate some barbarism rather than have it spread over the world.
Notice how this more or less refutes the argument you tried to make in the grandparent.
I’m not making the argument that liberal democracy directly correlates to increasing the cultural value produced. Why else would I defend Iran in that particular regard? No, no, the object of my scorn is technocracy (at least, human technocracy) and I’m even willing to tolerate some barbarism rather than have it spread over the world.
What definition of technocracy are you using that excludes the USSR and India before its economic liberalization?