Tag Archives: Amusing Ourselves to Death
The Alternate World Our Children Want to Live In
In his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, author Neil Postman describes the growth and outright dominance of the entertainment industry and the all-pervading influence it has had upon American culture. More to the point – the book illustrated how a culture could literally be dumbed down by the type of entertainment it dealt with and consisted of. Equally telling in the author’s mind was how much time was spent viewing and reading material that was as frivolously meaningless as it was sensual and vulgar.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Media Watch
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Amusing Ourselves to Death, B.F. Skinner, Brave New World, Charles Bronson, Charles Darwin, Clint Eastwood, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sarte, Jimmy Cagney, Karl Marx, Neil Postman, roe vs. wade, Sigmund Freud
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Ad Council Campaign to Eradicate Distinctions Between Types of Love
A viral video titled “Diversity & Inclusion–Love Has No Labels” provides clear evidence to disprove theories of social evolution. The public (dis)service video is an emotionally compelling, intellectually specious, and morally destructive piece of propaganda from the Ad Council:
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Tagged Amusing Ourselves to Death, Love Has No Labels, Macklemore, Mary Lambert, Neil Postman, Queen Latifah, Same Love
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