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They simply lack creativity, which requires some level of empathy, and empathy generally leads people to... not be chuds.
They see comedy, and try and do comedy. However, they're not really funny, and their idea of what is "funny" is to attack a group that isn't themselves. What happens is they just say some offensive shit, someone objects, they claim they're being silenced and/or cancelled or are too controversial despite the fact that 90% of people wouldn't have laughed even if they didn't find it offensive.
They see fine art, and try and do fine art. However, they're not really creative, and their idea of what "good art" is is just photorealistic paintings or sculptures of pretty women or masculine men or whatever. They like surface level stuff because they can only observe surface level stuff. Art is a tool to show off a message, be it how dumb [insert minority] is or how good "western civilization" is.
They see entertainment, and try to do entertainment. However, they have no idea how to entertain, and their idea of what's "entertaining" is just some self insert protagonist who is very funny and/or strong and/or smart and/or cool who overcomes obstacles, gets whatever they want and credits roll. They try and create adult animation and come up with Mr Birchum, just stereotype characters with 0 depth where the protagonist learns nothing and defeats a strawman version of "wokeness" that doesn't exist in real life and everyone cheers. They try and create drama and it's the same shit except with fewer jokes.
In all these examples, they simply use art as a tool to get to the important part: a vessel for themselves and their personal beliefs to be broadcast to a wider audience. It's the Freudian Id wanting to come out to play and they're upset other people aren't lapping up their every word. They can only co-opt, corrupt or cry foul.