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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Celebrity culture is Un-American Oligarchy

Is there an organization I can join that attacks "celebrity culture" for what it is, a small, powerful, insanely famous cult that reeks of royal-ism? Celebrities are like members of the King and Queen's court. The very few have power, even if they have done nothing to earn it, simply because they are elevated by many followers and/or are children of already famous people. The more these "chosen" people act out, misbehave, and otherwise make themselves ridiculous, the better. As Mel Brooks said: "It's good to be the king." To be the King or a member of the King's court. By having a celebrity culture, one in which we elevate movie and TV stars to god like status, we're creating social inequality as surely as rich people lord themselves over poor people. We all face this in school growing up, where we feel we have to be a celebrity in order to count. We have to be famous, even infamous. We count if people know us. Those are the rules. Even serial killers take this stance. They want to be known for that they do. They want to be famous. I suppose that makes them celebrities and, in the warped minds of many, more important than the ordinary, responsible citizen. Celebrities have a staggering amount of influence often completely out of proportion to their true societal worth. Millions of people pay attention to Kardashians but not doctors, teachers or even (gasp) their parents. This is a major problem not just in this country but worldwide. In a national sense, I can't think of anything that's more ingrained in American culture that's so aggressively Un-American. We have the power to treat each other as equals. All we have to do is choose to do so. 99.999% of people won't read this or care about a post like this. Why? They'd much rather watch a Kardashian.