Is it possible to permanently top Matt's comment on his own site?
I think Americans have entered a permanently mentally diseased state in which their politics are only intelligible through the lens of pop culture. I myself am guilty of participating in this.
ItтАЩs true, hence the Liberal Establishment imagining theyтАЩre characters in WW. We have a totally distortion reality field in the US where politics, entertainment and culture and even religion are fused together. ItтАЩs so unhealthy.
As Thomas Frank pointed out on Useful Idiots last week, pop culture has been extremist since, what, the 70s? Buy this Extreme soda pop! Extreme sneakers! Extreme Cadillac! And while Extreme! goods and lifestyles are still being pushed, extremist politics is now forbidden on the internet and absent in MSM except to denounce it with suitable aghastitude.
Yes, the young have become little narcs... little soft powermongers..
so much to unpack
They remind me of the kids who were in charge of the camps in The Killing Fields
ItтАЩs тАЬChildren of the CornтАЭ meets the тАЬCharlie XтАЭ Star Trek episode.
Is it possible to permanently top Matt's comment on his own site?
I think Americans have entered a permanently mentally diseased state in which their politics are only intelligible through the lens of pop culture. I myself am guilty of participating in this.
ItтАЩs true, hence the Liberal Establishment imagining theyтАЩre characters in WW. We have a totally distortion reality field in the US where politics, entertainment and culture and even religion are fused together. ItтАЩs so unhealthy.
US pop culture is possibly the most powerful force the world has ever seen, but its engineers struggle to harness it. Calling the pipe-fitters!
I guess I am guilty too-I appreciated Lil Wayne endorsing Trump...
Now - that is funny.
As Thomas Frank pointed out on Useful Idiots last week, pop culture has been extremist since, what, the 70s? Buy this Extreme soda pop! Extreme sneakers! Extreme Cadillac! And while Extreme! goods and lifestyles are still being pushed, extremist politics is now forbidden on the internet and absent in MSM except to denounce it with suitable aghastitude.
More like тАЬChildren of the CringeтАЭ.
Are you describing the "It's a Good Life" episode of Twilight Zone?
What was Charlie X?
Grups
https://www.startrek.com/database_article/charlie-x
"Strange events occur whenever Charlie is angered"
that's a helluva call back тАж I wonder if Taibbi had that connection in mind, I doubt it! : )
But of course you're an innocent bystander in all this just pointing out we should all blame.