Empty societies create empty people

[~°2012°~]

Ode to a Decomposing Celebrity

Empty societies create empty people. No societies perhaps have ever been more empty than those that exist in our present time, on the frontiers of modernity.

In place of any meaningful collective or individual purpose we have individualism & humanism: philosophies that make a god of the individual human being and their superficial, changeable desires, irrespective of any consequentiality or context. Yet in place of any self assurance or awarenes of our place in the world we are left emotionally uncertain and isolated.

And in place of any genuine ideals, heroes or role models to point the way forward we have the cult of the celebrity; a nauseating spectacle in which the most parasitic, grotesque and pointless of people are slavishly adored for accomplishing little else besides astounding levels of vanity and whorishness. People who do little to conceal the fact that they'll go to any length of self-degradation to retain even a tenuous hold over the publics attention and maintain the facade of their own importance. Celebrities represent the modern dream, the materialistic, indulgant lifestyle to which we are all meant to aspire. The spectacle of their lives is an opiate to the masses, blinding them to the utter failure of their own lives and enticing them to prostitute themselves that little bit more in order to attain the same empty reverance and material decadence as their idols. But as the sick dramas that regularly unfold within the media attest, the celebrity lifestyle brings no actual contentment to the witless imbeciles who pursue it, nor does the existence of this idiot cult exhert any positive influence over society....

http://ireland.corrupt.org/entry/35


Saw this article dedicated to Katie French and celebrities on Corrupt Eire, I had a wonderful time reading this stuff, truer words have not been spoken about the moronic cult of the celebrity in looong time.

[Treffie]

But as the sick dramas that regularly unfold within the media attest, the celebrity lifestyle brings no actual contentment to the witless imbeciles who pursue it, nor does the existence of this idiot cult exhert any positive influence over society....

I agree with the article, and it makes me wonder why the younger generation especially wish to aspire to it. :confused:

[~°2012°~]

I agree with the article, and it makes me wonder why the younger generation especially wish to aspire to it. :confused:

well besides most people just being clueless morons, the complete lack of any real, healthy and heroic leaders in societies (and local communities) plays a huge part I think. Subcontiously, the younger generation is craving strong leaders to point the way forward, but there are none (as that would violate the tyrannical [dis]order of equality), thus many of them reduce their outlook on life to make it fit in with the only form of "leadership" they are allowed to have. Many times when I talk about movies with teenagers they act as the star in the movie shares the same personality as the heroic character it represented on the big screen, they think Christian Bale himself is "awesome guy" (as if he was a leader and hero) and everything he does is "cool", simply because they see Batman or John Connor as heroic leaders.

[Psychonaut]

well besides most people just being clueless morons, the complete lack of any real, healthy and heroic leaders in societies (and local communities) plays a huge part I think. Subcontiously, the younger generation is craving strong leaders to point the way forward, but there are none (as that would violate the tyrannical [dis]order of equality), thus many of them reduce their outlook on life to make it fit in with the only form of "leadership" they are allowed to have. Many times when I talk about movies with teenagers they act as the star in the movie shares the same personality as the heroic character it represented on the big screen, they think Christian Bale himself is "awesome guy" (as if he was a leader and hero) and everything he does is "cool", simply because they see Batman or John Connor as heroic leaders.

I think you're entirely right. Healthy societies thrive on the deeds of great men and the hero-cults that spring up around them. What puzzles me is that there are many real life heroes abound today; I read about their exploits in the Army Times pretty frequently. But, these stories of true heroism rarely get picked up by non-military news outlets. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that our political leaders have less and less military experience and more business experience, which changes our political model to one that apes the business world; a world in which there are no true heroes.

[Agrippa]

I think you're entirely right. Healthy societies thrive on the deeds of great men and the hero-cults that spring up around them. What puzzles me is that there are many real life heroes abound today; I read about their exploits in the Army Times pretty frequently. But, these stories of true heroism rarely get picked up by non-military news outlets. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that our political leaders have less and less military experience and more business experience, which changes our political model to one that apes the business world; a world in which there are no true heroes.

The problem with "true heros" is not just that not everybody can participate like its possible in the movies, but also that they are no construct, but real people, which might actually die, or do and say something you dont like etc., whereas the "Dream Factory" is a controlled structure which produces entertainment and manipulative propaganda for the masses.

Just think about "a hero" who suddenly begins to say something bigot, racist, or having raped a woman during one of his operations, taking revenge by killing or torturing some enemies against the international law. So if you are not sure about an individual, and you can rarely be, better make an image out of him. That was done with most "real heros" since we have mass media and propaganda by most sides.

Even what the people see of an "Islamic martyr" being a manipulated image in which some aspects of his personality being for sure under- or overrepresented in many cases. However, its about role models and the biggest problem comes from role models which dont fit the real needs of a people and drive it to do stupid things against their very own and group interests.

[Octothorpe]

I'm not sure that individualism to completely to blame; earlier in the 20th century, individualism was alive and well here in the U.S., yet there were relatively few 'celebrities.' Part of the problem is, simply, electronic media, starting with cinema (creator of a great number of the first wave of 'celebrities'), then radio, TV, and ultimately the Internet. Prior to these, entertainment was locally produced and consumed (town orchestras, traveling circuses, village festivals, county fairs, summer-stock theater, et cetera ad nauseum) by families who balanced individual desires with family needs and religious faith. Today, with the drastic decline of church attendance (or other proper faith group activities) there is no proper balance to individual desire.

[Liffrea]

Society; an interdependent and organised community,

I think I see a problem, society is no longer community nor really organised, rather dictated.

Balancing communal goals with the rights of the individual has always been a Western problem; pretty much every other culture has scant regard for individual rights.

Is it achievable? The “Western dream” as it were is based upon the principles of liberalism, democracy and individualism, within a community based upon commonality I believe this is possible, I believe the relative collapse of all three at the same time as ideologies like multiracialism and political correctness have come to the fore is more than coincidence.

Western society is collapsing because it is going against the very principles it was founded upon, what we have is a triumph of Hegelianism, Locke and Smith, not to mention Mill have largely been thrown out of the window.

Without goal and focus that you can only achieve when there is a sufficient degree of commonality to make it so, society collapses.

[Óttar]

Hegelianism
I cannot respect or take seriously any man (let alone philosopher) who maintains that masturbation is immoral. :rolleyes2: :coffee:

[Liffrea]

Originally Posted by Óttar
I cannot respect or take seriously any man (let alone philosopher) who maintains that masturbation is immoral.

Yeah well Hegel was a bit of a wan....(end transmission).....