Has our "pop culture" society gone too far?

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We care more about the lives of celebraties than our own neighbors. If the media tells us to buy this dress, eat this food, vote for this person we usually do it because we are so brainwashed by the tv and can't go a day without turning it on.

I bet 80% of american households have at least 1 tv, 65% have at least 2 and 45% have 3 or more.

I myself have been been guilty of this on a few occasions and my hosehold is in that 45% catagory.

What about you?

Also, do you think we have allowed the media, hollywood and even the fashion industry have too much control over some of our choices?
 
On this one I hate to say that we only have ourselves to blame. All of the TV, magazines, movies, fashion, etc. do what they do because we keep buying. If we all closed up the wallets or tuned off the TV and made it clear we were more than willing to read books, go outside or (god forbid) talk to each other until they start putting on more programing, covering more stories on the news, etc, that we want to see then I can tell you that's what they would produce. The market works. Supply will change if the demand does. So we have the power to change pop culture if we want to.
 
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