The pandemic worsened the already excessive individualist value of capitalism.

I have to disagree. 9 times out of 10, the song is being drowned out by the sound of the entire car rattling from the bass.

Personally, I prefer a much flatter EQ when listening to my music. I often times turn up the high-mids just a tad. I love a crispy high hat. Jacking the shit out of the bass is kind of spitting on the sound engineer that mixed and mastered the music. It's like taking a medium rare A5 wagyu and dumping A1 sauce on it.

From my experience it only sounds good inside the car. Outside is just heavy bass

I was in this car yesterday. Dubstep and woofers. It detached my organs.