Sure, there's irony in postmodern media, although that's often a case of corporate co-opting of what's cool, just as big businesses greenwash themselves by appearing woke in their ads. That's a performance to appeal cynically to a hypocritical target audience.

But indeed, clever insiders should be able to navigate these waters for some Epicurean pleasures. Artists of all kinds do this by sublimating their disgust with society.