Brainwashing - The Apprentice, Undercover Boss, Shark Tank, Fairy Jobmother
In the 1970s, you had gritty television shows that focused on families that Americans could relate to. Good times, MASH, All In The Family, Sanford and Son, Welcome Back Kotter, Taxi, What's Happening?, Chico and the Man, What's Happening, The Odd Couple, These shows often focused on poor to middle class characters confronting situations that many average Americans could relate to from the perspective of someone who is poor or in the middle class.
These days, it is hard to find shows like those of the 1970s that portrayed America from the perspective of an average American family trying to deal with a war or make ends meat. Instead, it seems that there is a growth in shows that celebrate the American capitalist portraying CEOs as average Joes who sympathetically spy on their employees, doling out raises, or rewarding wannabe Entrepreneurs as the audience cheers the firing of the unworthy who are portrayed in villainous light.
How far we have come or perhaps regressed as we eagerly watch shows that cause to empathize and cheer on our corporate masters while objectifying and ridiculing those who are working under them. Success is bestowed by the rich upon those who are trying to get ahead. So, it is no wonder that many folks who are heavily dependent on Government benefits can nod in solidarity with Romney's contemptuous remarks towards the 47% who rely on such benefits.
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