A HISTORY professor once told me that anytime somebody asks you a question about england, and you don't know the answer, just say "because its an island", and most likely you'll be correct, because most of the causes and reasons in english history and society stem from its islandness.
and was it p t barnum who said that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american people?
If you want to simplest explanation for anything, listen to rush limbaugh. and most likely, the explanation for any and all undesirable circumstances in life is liberalism, and whatever is good is a product of conservative thought. The world is that simple, that good and evil, that black and white, according to rush.
obama won the election because of a class of american rush calls "low information voters". They don''t read, they don't know much, but they are politically active, and, because of their ignorance, tend to be liberal. the limbaugh marketing plan does not include reaching this group. he relies on a small but fanatically loyal ultra conservative following.
There must be thousansd, if not millions of well educated, charming, interesting people who could entertain us on radio, and educate us as well, with a balanced, reasonable point of view. The problem is, they wouldn't last a day in the great american market place.
Intelletcual discourse, which sticks to factual and intelligent conjecture, isn't exciting enough. IN this culture we demand shocking, confrontational, angry talk. IN the absence of visual graphic violence, verbal violence will have to do. rush limbaugh is taylor made for the american entertainment market.
hilariously, rush thinks of himself as an educator, a dispernser of truth and wisdom, as much as an entertainer. HE is of course far more the latter and far less the former.
Alas,american culture is not known for its discernment. The up side, however, is that its easier than hell making a living by keeping people distracted.
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