As we move further along in the presidential nomination process, I ponder what it means that as a people, we -- or at least a significant and vocal number of us -- seem to love being entertained by bullies who shout insults, tell blatant lies and so on. We seem to have mistaken the faux reality of (un)reality television for the real thing, to have succumbed to the temptation to think the political process is a matter of voting someone off the island for no reason other than the joy of forming alliances with people we don't trust.
The most disturbing news story I saw this morning about last night's mis-named debate was that it broke ratings records.
Because that is what matters. We have arrived at the status of the Roman empire -- bread and circuses. Worse, all we are getting is the circus.
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