Planet of Corruption (Liberal Elite)

I know what you're thinking.






I'm going to rant about Republicans not believing in global warming and greedy capitalist war-mongers, yadda yadda. No, I'm not. What I want to talk about is how, more and more, I am of the opinion that (1) we live in an age of corrupted arts, and (2) I am on the outside of that corruption.
It would be small of me to call it corruption merely because people disagree with me. What I am uncertain of (and I could probably research this) is how constant is the feeling among "the creatives" that they live in an environment that is officially hostile to their positions. Certainly since the beatniks (followed by the hippies, the peace movement, the anti-war movements, etc.) there have been a sizeable number of creatives who felt that McCarthyism was the defining moment of America. They were targeted for their beliefs (in freedom, equality, etc.) by a white male oppressive (fascistic) establishment that was out to crush them. Many artists (and I use this word freely) continue to function "as if" there is an establishment (now Republicans, Christians, et al) out to crush their freedom, supress their voice, etc. Slowly over the last 50+ years this "minority"* became the majority voice in all the arts--literature, painting, movies, and theater. There is passion in being the downtrodden, the underdog, and the new majority voice has been disinclined to give it up. They still act outraged when there is the least suggestion that they've gone too far in their criticism of our country, government, or in praise of our enemies. They still have the mentality that they should "march on Washington" to get what they want, even as the balance has tipped in their favor.
"They" (like minded liberals) pretty much control the editorial departments of most newspapers, most "hip" Internet sites (like Slate), most of the weekly news magazines (Time, Newsweek) and most importantly they have a tight grip on education from kindergarten through PhD programs (the strength may increase as you go up the scale). If it weren't for the evangelical Christians (and the military) the libertarian-corporate right (Wall Street Journal) would have collapsed into a tiny minority.
OK, stop me.
What I wanted to talk about was the arts. The arts are largely a product of Academia in cahoots (if you will) with the liberal (moneyed) elite. [ I suppose there is still a moneyed conservative elite buying Impressionist paintings, but they are philosophically unimportant.] The liberal elite pretty much believe the same things: global warming not junk science, peace not war, socialism not capitalism, globalism not Americanism, organic not agribusiness, etc.
There are mild disagreements on timetables and such, but the THRUST of the belief system is intact, more intact because this elite still see themselves as an oppressed minority voice, marching for peace, if you will. Only now art, writing and movies are all (more or less) part of their tool set for overcoming their oppression.

As such, the contrarian writer or artist barely has a chance. He or she in order to "make it" has to get the approval of this powerful group of people who still see their most important job as promoting their agenda (peace, love, climate stabilization).