This is actually well documented and ramped up significantly following 9/11. There was a huge purge in the country music scene (see the Dixie Chicks) that removed the remaining working class characteristics and made it entirely a nationalist/jingoistic propaganda outlet. I think Citations Needed has a pretty recent podcast on it.
The nationalism was only right around 9/11. From the 90s on to today, the main ideological project in country music is celebrating asking for nothing, being proud of your life never improving, and drinking yourself to death, probably on a boat or beach.
This is actually well documented and ramped up significantly following 9/11. There was a huge purge in the country music scene (see the Dixie Chicks) that removed the remaining working class characteristics and made it entirely a nationalist/jingoistic propaganda outlet. I think Citations Needed has a pretty recent podcast on it.
I've been looking for a new podcast to listen to at work anyways. I'll check it out, good shout.
The nationalism was only right around 9/11. From the 90s on to today, the main ideological project in country music is celebrating asking for nothing, being proud of your life never improving, and drinking yourself to death, probably on a boat or beach.
Could you find the name or episode number? That sounds super interesting but I skimmed through all CN eps and didn’t see it.
Citations Needed: Episode 119: How the Right Shaped Pop Country Music
Lmao it’s like the third episode down wtf. Thanks for finding that for me, putting it on rn.
They're even better than XKCD with always having a relevant episode lol. Enjoy, it's definitely a good one. They play lots of shitty stadium country