Sick of Cult of Celebrity

[Mitchell]

Aug 6, 2017 23:58:54 GMT cityofchill said:

Jul 26, 2017 8:07:45 GMT Mitchell said:

The problem is that people are too easily pleased. They are impressed with flashing lights and loud noises. Freaking comic books, man. Who cares? If that is your thing, just please stop. Take a break.


You know, I've said it all before, but there are very few adults left in society. It's all comic books, video games, t-shirts, ball caps, short pants, flip flops, piercings, tattoos, etc... Everyone is guided by emotion and they act upon it far too quickly. The death of thought. Class and dignity bit the dust when men stopped wearing a coat and tie every time they left the house.

We get the world we deserve. We reap what we sow. If 90% of us are children emotionally then the media will cater to that demographic. If a film about Ted Bundy appeals to said demographic, it will be made. If the Kardashians are a thing, it is because society made it a thing. It is a fake plastic culture. It would not exist if people were not tuning in or clicking those links.

No one wants to be challenged or intellectually stimulated. They refuse to think critically or be even slightly analytical. Also, people seem to like being angry, it satisfies them.

Angry and ill-informed slobs. That's America everybody!! Whoo!!

I don't know if leaving the house with a coat and tie EVERY TIME is a marker of a civilized society. But there is a lot going in this world to sugges that "civilization" is a myth. Technology is what we have, not civilization. And as has been proven again and again, when a society does achieve what amounts to "civilization," it usually doesn't last. Autocracy, war, extremism, forced homogeneity, racism, nationalism, etc. These are the enemies of civilization and they have haunted humanity for its entire existence. Civilization is fleeting, even while technology has been making life easier for us in many ways for more than 10,000 years. Of course, all technology is a double-edged sword. Even language and writing have been used for all kinds of destructive purposes. Perhaps more so than any other technology. 

Very true, but I believe the technological advances we have today, primarily media, have infantilized huge portions of society.

However, as you say, nothing is more destructive than ideas.