If contemporary American culture were a horse, it would be shot. In other words, contemporary American culture is not entirely healthy. It may be that our economic prosperity, along with other factors, has produced a high demand for escapism, fantasy culture, and seduction.
The MSN homepage is a perfect example, and perhaps, symptom. At least half the stories have something to do with some celebrity, most often an actor, and scandalous, shocking circumstances.
We are fed these stories presumably because we lap them up. We pay to get more of them.
The prime time TV shows are still becoming more shocking, violent, and fantastic, if that's possible.
Let us remember that large corporations are responsible for almost all of this. They do what makes the most money, and they own the media.
Do we get the constant sex and violence because we want it, or, are we told that we want it, and then inundated in it?
Its time for a popular cultural revolution in America. The American people must tell their corporate owners to either improve the quality of the entertainment they sell us, or will will stop buying.
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