Ironically, you complaints about things that are different is...unoriginal.
> Media consolidation we've evolved into is nuts
Compared to when there were three major broadcast TV networks, that were also the major broadcast radio networks, that also owned many of the local stations?
> Disney has turned American national culture into a creamy smoothie
This complaint is older than many adults.
> Sinclair and Clear Channel have made radio and television across municipalities into photocopied and rubber-stamped content
Again, narrow controls of broadcast outlets isn't new, and they matter less now than ever.
> the Internet killed local newspapers.
Corporate consolidation and destruction of local newsrooms in centralized media operations killed local newspapers. In the 1970s-1980s. The internet swept away the dead husks of zombie mastheads that were satellite distributors of centralized content and revitalized the content of the survivors.
> the subcultures have proliferated, and now are so niche and rapidly evolving that they're difficult to even track a
That’s just “there’s a lot more originality available than before” in other words.
> Compared to when there were three major broadcast TV networks
You're not wrong, but crucially those three broadcast networks didn't run their own studios. They couldn't prefer their own, lowly-rated tv shows over more expensive, highly rated shows run by other studios.
> Media consolidation we've evolved into is nuts
Compared to when there were three major broadcast TV networks, that were also the major broadcast radio networks, that also owned many of the local stations?
> Disney has turned American national culture into a creamy smoothie
This complaint is older than many adults.
> Sinclair and Clear Channel have made radio and television across municipalities into photocopied and rubber-stamped content
Again, narrow controls of broadcast outlets isn't new, and they matter less now than ever.
> the Internet killed local newspapers.
Corporate consolidation and destruction of local newsrooms in centralized media operations killed local newspapers. In the 1970s-1980s. The internet swept away the dead husks of zombie mastheads that were satellite distributors of centralized content and revitalized the content of the survivors.
> the subcultures have proliferated, and now are so niche and rapidly evolving that they're difficult to even track a
That’s just “there’s a lot more originality available than before” in other words.