We suffer under a mass national hallucination. Americans, regardless of income or social position, now live in a culture entirely perceived inside a self-referential media hologram of a nation and world that does not exist. Our national reality is staged and held together by media, chiefly movie and television images. We live in a "theater state." Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
Interesting perspective on American consciousness by the author of "Deer Hunting with Jesus," speaking to students at Berea College in Kentucky. The author argues that corporations and television are playing a growing role in shaping American attitudes, through what he calls "the financialization of consciousness". Though his witty assertions are intentionally provocative, his points are well-reasoned and the article's conclusion is remarkably hopeful.
