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"America has become a reality show..." (Original Post)
Different Drummer
Dec 2016
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Leith
(7,809 posts)1. In Some Cases, Just One
Or none.
This is a sad country.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)2. And if you can't there must be something wrong with you. A sad country indeed.
Of course, it's been designed to be that way.
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)3. Alt. Reality
Initech
(100,068 posts)4. It's a reality show for the upper 1%.
They're watching their fortunes grow, and playing us against each other. It's pretty disgusting.
elmac
(4,642 posts)5. and the mindless TV shows don't help
for years American TV was viewed by many in foreign countries as good entertainment. Now I see many countries have tuned out American crappola and are watching shows produced in Korea and other progressive countries.
nclib
(1,013 posts)6. I've been saying this for a while now.
We've become a trashy tabloid nation. That's how I felt when watching the news during the elections.