Extended Childhood

 Yeah, Kim is baad - but I'm not keeping up with anyone on television.
I've got things to do.

 But why do so many fixate on the lives of those they don't even know.

 Of those they'll probably never even meet?

 On the lives of those which have no impact on their own lives?
Isn't this what children do?
Don't adults have real concerns?

 But while most Americans are focused on pop-culture - the world has real problems with which to deal.

 From Lebanon, to Tunisia to

Egypt.
Adults don't wish to be lulled into an extended childhood and told what to do, what to think, or how to act for their entire lives.

Why do the media continue to produce reality television?
To keep the population under control like children.
If we were forced to think and do for ourselves - maybe America would become just as volatile.
If we were forced to become responsible for our own well being - maybe we would not put so much faith in our failing institutions and beliefs.
If we were forced to learn and grow - maybe our eyes would be opened.
Maybe we would actually become conscious.