Reality TV is flat with the anti-cultural imperatives of business: cheap to make, it does ideological work even when it is not giving guru status to dull business people. It fits in with capitalism's anti-mythic myth: the idea that we have liberated ourselves from the dangerous illusions allegedly propagated by art and politics.
Copy QuoteOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Copy Quote View & ShareInflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
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