“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.”

—  Neil Postman

Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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