Look i joke a lot about not trusting people who don't like modern art, but in all seriousness no matter what you think of it, if someone earnestly calls a piece of modern art "degenerate", run
"that's not art" is parochial boorishness, "that's not real art" is misguided and reactionary snobbery, "that's degenerate" is straight up fascist, hope this helps
why i don’t fw anyone who uses the word or its shortened form in earnest