Why must hatred be directed towards anyone? This is a systems problem.

Self-aggrandizing graffiti is not new.

I’d encourage you to look into the long-standing practice, it’s fascinating. This article has some insight in what was found in Pompeii—https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/adrienne-was-here/475719/. Pompeii is such a great source because it was frozen in time; samples weren’t selected and passed down. The trashy bits remain.

Ancient Romans had walls in their home to scratch on. Point is, this is a thing some humans do, it has nothing to do with the time. ETA I don’t like tagging since that wasn’t clear.

People have been tagging shit for thousands of years. Plenty of examples from Ancient Rome (recovered walls from Pompeii, for example). Seems to be a thing some humans just like to do.

The tunnel had commissioned art that got tagged. Now it has beige walls and tags.

The 5 Pointz factory was torn down in 2014 and replaced with 2 high-rise towers of luxury rentals (complete 2021 I think). The developers named it “5PointzLIC” for name recognition/marketing. They planned to have graffiti in the reception and designated area/s on the facade. Regardless, it’s nothing like the graffiti covered factory.