the-ideologies-of-left-and-right-have-been-diluted-in-the-air-what-remains-now-is-a-spectacle-where-political-orientations-are-confused-on-a-stage-where-nothing-is-what-it-seems-here-it-no-longer-matters-who-reasons-better-but-who-dances-with-greater-fervor-who-tells-the-most-brilliant-joke-or-who-simulates-better-empathy-towards-some-social-minority-the-society-of-the-spectacle-laughs-cries-and-ultimately-dies-in-a-myriad-of-surprises-that-entertain-and-lull-george-orwell-warned-us-in-1984-of-a-state-tyranny-that-would-mercilessly-oppress-our-society-but-then-came-an-even-bolder-prophet-aldous-huxley-he-warned-us-of-a-more-insidious-enemy-entertainment-technology-information-overload-he-predicted-a-world-in-which-we-would-be-undermined-where-our-ability-to-think-would-be-nullified-and-where-we-would-come-to-love-our-own-oppression-this-spectacle-orchestrated-by-the-new-technologies-has-stripped-public-discourse-especially-political-discourse-of-all-seriousness-it-has-become-a-form-of-entertainment-more-akin-to-a-burlesque-comedy-than-a-profound-debate-in-this-era-people-prefer-the-comfort-of-being-entertained-to-the-discomfort-of-being-intellectually-challenged-and-in-the-end-when-the-curtain-falls-the-final-act-will-be-given-by-them
