John Rich

 John Rich has a fantastic, fascinating, 14-minute-long Prager U video out, decrying that Wokeism has taken over Nashville and it is killing music.

He seems so wise, so authentic, so realistic. He complains that Johnny Cash or Loretta Lynn would not be able to get a venue or performing platform now.

There are a few universal axioms that govern art and creativity of any form.

1. The artist or creator must not be fettered in any way.

2. The artist must have complete freedom of expression, opinion and creative control of his art, its subject matter, its form, and content of expression. His freedom of thought and investigation must be unaltered and unchallenged.

3. Generally, the more the artist individuates and expresses his individuality as he feels necessary, without external interference, the more original, the more seminal, the more brilliant and talented will be his works of art.

4. If the public buys his art or attends his performances, so that he can get rich or rewarded, great. If not, then he had better not quit his day job.

This is why that I am a voice crying in the wilderness and I have only sold three copies of my three philosophy books, and my blog site is ignored. So be it. I write what I want and say what I want no matter who is displease, and the scared, infuriated public has deplatformed, demonized, marginalized, and turned its back on me wholesale. So be it. God bless all of them.

Just as each American citizen has a natural right to absolute or near absolute freedom of speech and artistic expression, so each singer in Nashville requires such carte blanche to write and sign exactly what she wants, and the public has the same power to accept or reject her efforts and output completely or partially, but no artist morally can accept being controlled by corporate music maker, woke or otherwise.

Rather she can write and sing her music for 20 years while retaining her day job as a physical therapist.