Creativity Quote by Max Cannon

Max Cannon’s line lands like a shrug that’s secretly a shove. It’s not trying to be profound; it’s trying to be useful. “We live in a society” is the setup people use when they want to sound like they’re talking about everyone, but Cannon narrows the target fast: blame. The sentence frames blame as a cultural default, not a personal quirk, and that move matters. If the problem is “society,” then no single person has to feel accused. The critique slips in under the door.

As an artist, Cannon is speaking from a front row seat to how institutions dodge accountability: gatekeepers blame audiences, audiences blame creators, critics blame “the algorithm,” platforms blame “community standards,” and everyone treats the market like weather. The subtext is a refusal to accept that pass-the-buck logic as natural. “Everybody else” is deliberately vague, a mirror that lets the listener project their own villain: politicians, parents, the internet, “kids these days.” That vagueness is the point; it exposes how blame works as a mood more than an argument.

The line also carries a quiet self-indictment. “We” includes the speaker. It’s a cultural critique that doesn’t let the artist stand outside the crowd, righteous and clean. Cannon’s intent feels less like scolding than like diagnosis: blame is a comfort drug. It offers moral certainty without the cost of change, turning frustration into a story where responsibility always belongs to someone offscreen.