![]() And in real life you don't want people to treat you with fawning this or that. Fame is not a substantive thing, and it certainly isn't real. So you make it all up and you start lying about yourself, and it just becomes a vicious circle.Īnd it was this original pursuit of fame that I thought was going to be very, very bad for people, because it's an illusionary thing, and it's not substantive. You can't get anybody to pay any attention to you 'cause your life is dull and meaningless. And where are you? You're in your parents' basement wearing your Snoopy PJs. And if you read social media, everybody's on a yacht somewhere in Monaco partying with models or what have you. Part and parcel of this is since everybody's doing it, everybody reads what everybody else is saying about themselves, and it's always exaggerated. And they began following their likes, and how many followers they have, trying to create their own fan base and so forth. And what was happening was that people were vicariously presenting themselves in ways totally unlike their own reality. And so social media - I saw it - people were creating phony aspects of their own lives and posting those phony things. So people on social media see this, and they see these red carpets and the parties and all that, and that's what they end up wanting. The mainstream entertainment media is just a fawning, idolizing media. You have to go to tabloid magazines to find scandal oriented stuff. ![]() And they want access, and so there is never anything untoward about these people. It's basically a bunch of celebrity groupies that make up entertainment journalists. I mean, it is one of the primary areas of shameless media. But the media fawns all over these actors and actresses. The next thing they consist of is celebrities talking about the roles they are playing in their latest movies, as though they are experts in whatever the movie is about. They watch entertainment programs like Hollywood Tonight or Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment Television, and those programs largely consist of celebrities partying. The first signs of it I saw were people wishing they were Hollywood actors and actresses.Īnd it wasn't hard to put this together. And it first occurred to me when I saw what happens on social media as a result of people seeking fame. ![]() I have been warning, concerned, worried about this aspect of social media for many, many moons. And here's the headline: "Former Facebook Exec: Social Media is Ripping Apart Society." RUSH: There's a story here, folks, that, you know, I could say, "I've been telling you, I've been telling you," but I've been doing that about almost every story there is out there now.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |