The Post Celebrity Society

It's an odd thing. When I've read about stories of the Greatest Generation there were so many successful people that would be celebrities that put their careers on pause and risked everything to fight for a common cause. The defense of America, Freedom, Liberty, and a world free from tyranny.
A world free of nazism, imperialism, and eventually communism (but that one still lingers which I'll get to in a minute.)

There was a common cause for everyone to rally behind as I said. They were patriots, highly paid, lead very wealthy lives, were cheered for their artistry and dropped it all when Uncle Sam needed another hand. Today's celebrities that would do that are few and far between. In fact I'd argue that most of them don't really like the country but love the fruits it has given them. Most consider them elites and have earned more money than everyone in the town I live in have earned in their lifetimes, combined.

I see very vocal celebrities that are uneducated yet very emotional creatures. Hyperbole is their opium and accusations their wine. The elites, and yes I believe they consider themselves elites, are happy to talk from fortresses about how you should live. When reason has no value anymore and they have a microphone in front of them, odd things are said.

Let me give you an example, Jim Carrey has recently advocated for a socialist society. He's not the first to grab a Che' shirt and hop on board the socialism fad. What he lacks in knowledge about such a system would make me guffaw if he were forced to live under such conditions.

His wealth would be frozen and confiscated to give to the state (in this case the dictator) his property would be given to the state. Now with no survival skills available to him he'd be forced to fight for food which he would no longer find in the finest markets.

Let me break it down for you in a couple of ways, socialism is only for the elites and guess what? No one is the elites except for the dictator in power. At that point everyone is subject to the state's whims and cruel machinations. Their closest lieutenants are expendable if the state demands it. The socialist state is god, the population its sacrifice. Elites are always the first to call for some way of living they are always unwilling live for themselves.

When the elites start to tell the common how to live, lead movements against the will of the people, and place themselves above law and order then their place as "celebrity" is hanging by a thread. I see an America where the common become the stars, the watched, the celebrated, the well known. I'm not deluded enough to believe there will never be someone to find as a celebrity, that's not who we are as people.

However I can see an America where the movie stars are shunned, when pop stars are unheard, and when elites have no voice and hold over the hard working people that have paid to see their work for decades.