Sometimes I wonder if the American psyche is so fascinated with Sarah Palin because she's trash. C'mon, people, admit it. Her track record for intellect, class, and reflective thinking is zero. Americans would have voted her in to the Presidency so they could have another reality show called, "The Wrecking of America"
Rick Santorum would run a close second with his ignorant comments and sexist rhetoric.
But then, Americans love all things trashy. They avidly follow the downfalls of politicians and actors. Kim Kardashian's wedding was a hit. Her divorce proceedings and misfortunes are a maniacal hit. Americans love nothing more than a sinner, the worse the better the entertainment factor.
Class went out with Fox. Married with Children was so popular it continues reruns. My Name is Earl is another favorite of the male gender.
The lower the bar, the more Americans eat it up.
Why is that? When did we become a country so proud of it's baseness we are willing to sell out our neighbors?
A country of citizens once proud of our heritage, our culture of democracy and the rights of citizens now roots around in the lowest common denominator and calls this phenomena "the average joe."
The American collective psyche believes in the power of forgiveness. There must be some kind of power in that fallacy. Believing one has the right to forgive atrocious and or destructive behaviors. Kind of like the American females fascination with and following of serial killers. Some thrill in writing to them in prison and marrying one on reality tv. Oh, don't laugh. It will happen.
I think the fascination with the Hunger Games is it is the ultimate reality television. Americans would like nothing more than to send their children (with big bucks pending) in to win the glory of the media exposure.
I sometimes wonder what European countries really think of us? Many with thousand year old cultures, what do they think of this brutal, dense, judgmental rhetoric citizens accept without questioning?
Wait for the echo you will soon hear,
"Let the games begin!!"
