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By Stephen Pizzo (about the author)
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Censorship, after all, is the tribute tyrants pay to the assumption that a public knows the difference between serious discourse and entertainment-and cares. How delighted would be all the kings, czars and fuhrers of the past and commissars of the present to know that censorship is not a necessity when all political discourse takes the form of a jest.
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainment, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk: culture-death is a clear possibility.
Become a Fan (7 fans) -- Page 4 of 4 page(s)
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainment, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk: culture-death is a clear possibility.
Stephen Pizzo has been published everywhere from The New York Times to Mother Jones magazine. His book, Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans, was nominated for a (more...)
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Excellent, but there is one more little twist:
by Mark Sashine on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:52:33 PM
more faith..less thought
by mikel paul on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:17:28 PM
Your aren't quite angry enough.
by Philip Dennany on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:23:49 PM