It was an indulgence project because the Coen brothers were keen to make a noir movie, set in the 90's. It was inspired by Raymond Chandler's The "BIG" Sleep. The themes of nihilism, bowling, etc. were just throwbacks to the hippie and beat era. The point of the movie is that there WAS no point. The characters were based on an unproductive political activist that they knew, and John Milius, the bombastic writer/director. They wanted to make an homage to film noir, and at the end, nothing was resolved, there was no message. Things just cycled exactly back to the starting point. (Which was a common theme in Raymond Chandler's novels)
If somebody needs a college course to figure that out, then they've got bigger problems that need to be addressed, and shouldn't be wasting their time on a course like that.
It's like I've always said about you. You have a burning desire to try and over complicate things, and dig for phantoms that don't exist.
Now, if you disagree with what I wrote, don't take it up with me, take it up with the Coen brothers, because everything I wrote are the views that they have expressed.
And, as I said at the beginning, it is an apt description, IMO, of Democrats: a lot of talking, but in the end, nothing ever changes. In THAT respect, it's actually an INDICTMENT of the flower power generation.
All of that typing, just to inform you, once again, that you've completely missed the point. LOL Bless your heart.