The Pop Culture Problem.
Pop Culture, the idolization of the life and acts of others. That pretty much sums up the root of most social problems in the United States. The US, more than most countries, idolizes individuals and gives them a tremendous amount of weight, not from great acts or titles but for simply being 'popular'. You can trace these roots in American society back to the 20s-30s with athletes and the birth of Hollywood. During the turn of the twentieth century baseball was becoming ever popular and voice based films were coming to life. We as a whole began to idolize individuals for acts that were no great educational feet nor were they any substantial act. We pay vast amounts of money and devote inordinate amounts of time to entertaining ourselves. Athletes and Hollywood types are making fist loads of cash for nothing more than entertaining. Aside from Athletes, the vast majority of entertainers from Hollywood do nothing more than 'look' pretty. But America is hell bent on paying ...