To sincerely compare country music artists to classical composers might be peak autism. No offense. Doing so is like comparing apples to cats. They both grow from a living thing but that's where the comparison of form and function stops. There's a place for four chord progression, math rock, classical compositions, and most things in-between except for modern nigger muzac. On that we might agree.
Would the return of the age of classical music be culturally ideal? Maybe. But at least you can still listen to it to the exclusion of all else if you want to. Wheres the large rural and southern White population in the USA, living in the vast regions of this nation with a limited economy, might be more consistently and better emotionally served by simpler compositions similar to how a shot of whiskey sometimes is more appropriate than a martini. Thank goodness for a choice in tools. No need to condemn the hammer as one day you might find it to be convenient to use when you come across a nail.
I agree that country music is an acquired taste, and my preferences within the genre are limited. In my experience, a person needs to find one artist that speaks to them before they start appreciating the rest. After they find that artist, a it leaves the door open for an increasing appreciation of the stuff that initially made you flinch. A lot of the better country music artists, today, are not well known. Most of what is played on the radio is trash, outside of stations that concentrate on older artists.
