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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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CMV: Capitalism is leading to the degradation of culture.
gpt
How do you define degradation? What is lower vs. higher "quality" culture? 

Capitalism in conjunction with the online marketplace has created a resurgence of handmade craft. Things like food-trucks and micro-breweries are redefining the way Americans look at food, beer, wine. The availability of cheap, high quality production equipment (arguably the result of capitalism) has allowed more people to explore their creativity through video and music production. 

If you define "culture" as the production of different "stuff," production has never been higher. 

If you think that the mainstream is all there is, that just sounds like you haven't explored much outside the mainstream to see how vibrant the culture is in practically every city in the United States.