While watching the season finale of "The Strain" (originally a trilogy of novels, then a comic book, and now a TV show, just to cover all bases, I guess...), we were subjected to an ad for a TV show called "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish". It struck me that the majority of TV shows like this are very anti-intellectual. More to the point, they're basically aimed at the lowest common denominator. At this moment, I was reminded of something.
The only possible reason for shows like this is to keep stupid people out of trouble.
If religion is the opiate of the masses, reality TV must be the crack of the masses. Keep 'em pacified and they'll never start questioning things. Keep 'em doped up on flashy images and they'll never start wanting anything better.
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