A friend posted this on Facebook regarding MJ’s legacy – “of course the death of a human being at 50 is tragic, but wasn’t Jackson a talented disco singer who was part of the depoliticization of rock music during Reagan’s ascendance to power?”

As I recall it, that was the era of the me generation, a narrowing of horizons in which young people wanted to have a good time without getting involved too much in what was happening in the world around them.

 Not to take away from his great talent and unmatched ability to  touch so many around the globe in a truly positve way, but as my friend put it, a part of his legacy, too, was as “a dynamic sugary surface pop music star assisting unconsciously in the depoliticization of the culture of the times.”

What do you think?