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The good taste of each era tracks the makeup of its elites.

Drawn from what W. David Marx said

Subjecttaste
What this subject means

taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

On the topicWhat is taste, and why does it matter now?under our view: Taste is a social signal: what counts as good follows who is on top

What W. David Marx actually said

  1. W. David Marx Tokyo-based American writer; author of Ametora (2015)
    But as Veblen explained, the "good taste" of each era is correlated with the particular makeup of elites.

    Where this was said

    ↗Good Taste is Not What’s Oppressing Us in 2026culture.ghost.io

    22 Sept 2026

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