In this funny-but-intelligently-structured opening rant, my favourite late-night host, Craig Ferguson, describes what he calls the “deification of youth” and how that has led to the current culture of stupidity.
On its face, the argument is sound. Also, I like how the ultimate villain here is advertising. Consumer culture, for all of the “efficiencies” in “the market” always always always has unintended side effects. I guess now we can blame gross-out comedies on the invisible hand, too? I like it.
(From EW, but I think I pinched it from Facebook. I don’t really remember. UPDATE: MPot sent it to me! Thanks!)
Grant Hamilton
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