Reality Programming and The Truth of American Politics
Do you think politics is real? In a culture gone to reality programming, with most motion pictures now released in 3-D, virtual reality machinery being released to hungry consumers - we are tested daily in our ability to discern what constitutes truth versus that which can only be deemed a manufactured reality. <snip>
Many watch political drama in subtle, hazed engagement, not knowing how or why they are so drawn into an election year that makes most want to jump off the edge of Antarctica rather than accept the fate which is coming. Factor in a dizzying array of modern "reality" programmed topics - gay and transgender rights, terrorism, gun control, wars, espionage - and it becomes so hard to distinguish between a TV plot about a presidential race and the actual race itself. Which are we in again?
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