For a good chunk of history, kings and lords and the other wealthy folk who could afford lavish luxuries such as entertainment would hire a “fool.”
Now, every schlub and his granny has an always-on computer camera telephone TV in their pocket with access to all entertainment ever recorded anywhere. By and large, the fool is still a pretty popular choice.
How did this guy get this famous by simply being a tool? Everything about him just screams “I am such an unbelievable tool”.
He embodies the society that props him up.
The Society of the Spectacle
#BaudrillardWasRight
Guy Debord mentioned, wooo!!
he was probably born rich and put a lot of money into advertising
The boring answer
Idiocracy.
For a good chunk of history, kings and lords and the other wealthy folk who could afford lavish luxuries such as entertainment would hire a “fool.”
Now, every schlub and his granny has an always-on computer camera telephone TV in their pocket with access to all entertainment ever recorded anywhere. By and large, the fool is still a pretty popular choice.
Tools…so hot right now
I call it the “Dumbing Down of America”