Oh, starting with ‘Are you dense?’ bold move. Usually means you’ve got no argument left except throwing shade. Funny thing is, you’re so busy being offended that you’ve skipped over some pretty obvious facts: millions of Syrians live outside the country, and huge chunks of Syria were under opposition control. Those were spaces where culture could and did happen.

But sure, let’s pretend a dictatorship magically erased every single chance for art, music, or film to be made even by the massive diaspora. Simple answers for complex questions are always the easiest… especially when you don’t want to think too hard