Is it willful ignorance or effectual societal programming? I can't decide any more. Attention span v/s perpetual celebrity drama, talent v/s promotion, profitable product v/s peripheral endorsements... Can't any of you see the bigger picture? Profit driven commercial capitalism is designed and engineered to distract and convince you to choose sides and remain brand name loyal. It's every bit as political as a presidential campaign, and public address (the media) is where the rubber meets the road. It's a cult of market manipulation, and if you can't see that whoever owns the media only feeds you what they want you to consume, then your fate is sealed and you will never think for yourself again. Because money is celebrity, money is entertainment, money is notoriety, money is influence, money is power, and money is all that currently matters. It doesn't matter if you're a songwriter, seamstress, shoe maker, or chef; If you're not accepted and appropriately politically branded by the media, then you will never be seen.