In
a nation where the corporations and the government are increasingly
indistinguishable, where the banksters, who were the primary cause of the 2007
crisis, were bailed out and hardly investigated, where war criminals Bush
and Cheney are not prosecuted, where money totally corrupts politics and children go to bed at night hungry, while the middle class is disappearing, why
would a political progressive write about Kim Kardashian?
I
guess, that like a snake, she’s fascinating. Of course, she’s at the center of what’s called ”Kardashian Culture,” which some say is killing
America. For example, Jessica
Chasner writes in The Washington Times, “Here’s why America should care [about the Kardashians]: “The Kardashian saga illustrates our
nation’s moral, spiritual and cultural decay like few other media stories do.” Seems like America might be in moral jeopardy due to Kim's abundant behind. (It should be noted that Kim's sex tape probably does better in the Bible Belt than in other parts of our Christian Nation. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption.)
Well, perhaps killing about one million Iraqis in an unnecessary, immoral, illegal war is more
important but, as Chasner points out, George Washington did say that “Religion
and morality are the essential pillars of American society.” At any rate, this super hyped
porn star is an object of public adulation. And The Kardashians do dominate Reality TV.
I’m
not sure if this is more a matter of taste, and opposition to repulsive
vulgarity, than a question of the
moral decline of The American Empire.
For example, Kim was
impregnated by rapper Kanye West, who said to a huge crowd, at a concert, “Now you having my
baby.” He also told the
assembled, that Kim was now his
“baby mom.” (Ain’t it just swell that Kim Kardashian’s sex tape sales soared after her pregnancy announcement?)
I
guess that’s celebrity news.
The latest
gossip is that Kanye West has a couple of his own sex tapes being shopped
around, one of which is said to feature a Kardashian lookalike. I guess Kim won’t do sex tapes
anymore so he has to settle for a less abundant posterior.
After this side trip into the realm of guilty pleasures, I’ll go back to
writing about corporations, banksters, Why Christians Can’t Be Republicans and
that sort of thing. I’ll leave
discussion of the Kardashians, Zombies, what's new on MTV and VH1, and other topics of current interest, to those interested in the past and current history of human stupidity.
I leave
it to the reader to ponder if Kardashian Culture is an issue of morality or
taste.
By the way, do you think Kim is planning a tummy tuck?
By the way, do you think Kim is planning a tummy tuck?
