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The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd. It is captivated by the hollow stagecraft of celebrity culture as the walls crumble. This celebrity culture giddily licenses a dark voyeurism into other people’s humiliation, pain, weakness and betrayal. Day after day, one lurid saga after another, whether it is Michael Jackson, Britney Spears or John Edwards, enthralls the country … despite bank collapses, wars, mounting poverty or the criminality of its financial class.
Originally posted by Oneolddude
You mean the same society that spends many hours debating if a person is a "time traveler" because some dude wanting his 5 minutes of fame posts it on Youtube.
Or the other guy who video tapes a plane contrail and posts it on the web and the whole world speculates on what it is,when it is obvious to a intelligent person it was a contrail from a plane.
The world is in a pathetic state right now,not just the U.S.
Dancing with the Stars,American Idol and all the other mindless shows to dumb down the public.
We will get what we deserve.
What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?
They join ATS of course.
Originally posted by TeslaandLyne
Why don't he find the right path and tell us about it instead of telling us
something we already know.
That are hundreds of interesting 'unofficial' knowledge to be given a chance to
be discussed.
If our health has become such a right for laws to out law smoking and fat and sugar then a few more things should be lined up to be outlawed.
Originally posted by Tayesin
The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd. It is captivated by the hollow stagecraft of celebrity culture as the walls crumble. This celebrity culture giddily licenses a dark voyeurism into other people’s humiliation, pain, weakness and betrayal. Day after day, one lurid saga after another, whether it is Michael Jackson, Britney Spears or John Edwards, enthralls the country … despite bank collapses, wars, mounting poverty or the criminality of its financial class.
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt.
Originally posted by unityemissions
The foundation of societies is based in virtues like truth and liberty. Once the social system has run long enough, enough moral corruption is spread from the top of the hierarchical power structure and infects the masses. At this point, it becomes a circus of sorts. Shortly after, there is complete implosion. We're well into the circus and in the process of implosion. Recycle.
The truth outs!
Originally posted by Tayesin
I am all for parents having the right to Censor what their kids to, what they watch and listen to and what Adult content they have access to as they are growing up.
Originally posted by v01i0
Censorship just leads into resistance and curiosity. The kids starts to think what are they forbidden from. They see adults and perhaps other kids around them doing stuff they can't. This cannot but increase their curiosity.
What parent should do, is to educate and raise their children in a way, that they become responsible and thinking individual by themselves. Kids are not stupid, but we gotta be clever with their education. I see this as more lasting solution as censorship, because even if cencored, they will be exposed to the questionable material. And because they have been censored, there will be other flaws in their personality as well, and may not be capable of resisting the bad influences.
I have seen very bright kids that are capable of critical thinking and not running after every hype, so I know this to be possible. It is up to us parents - kids will learn, if we know how to teach them.