American royalty becoming more apparent....

[RadioRaheem84]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/30/royalty/index.html

This is a satirical examination of how the American media is becoming more and more elitist by giving up more and more positions to former politicians and their offspring.

What really puzzled me though is that there was some support for this in the comments section! There are a lot of Americans who enjoy this type of oligarchy because they probably hope to join them one day.

Is it me or is aristocracy becoming more apparent in the US?

[Revy]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/4/8/2/chelsea_2016.jpg

[willdw79]

To RadioRaheem84:
Yes there is an aristocracy in the U.S.... the ruling class. Yes, it appears to be more consolidated and blatant lately i.e. Jeb makin George the president. David Rothkopf's book Superclass talks about worldwide rulers including U.S. and the classic Power Elite by C. Wright Mills still reasonably presents insight into how they are situated.

[RadioRaheem84]

What boggles me is how open they are with their plans! They don't care to know if you're upset at how politics has become a family dynasty to pass on. Plus, there is all this new found interest in socialites. Rich kids who do nothing but party all night and shop all day. We're back to the days where socialites ruled the media attention! It's weird how all this is so blatant.

[Raúl Duke]

What boggles me is how open they are with their plans! They don't care to know if you're upset at how politics has become a family dynasty to pass on. Plus, there is all this new found interest in socialites. Rich kids who do nothing but party all night and shop all day. We're back to the days where socialites ruled the media attention! It's weird how all this is so blatant.

I remember this point in the Society of the Spectacle which was something along the lines of that the media/society/(or, if you like, the spectacle) will begin to show you "what you can have in this life [as long as you have money]" but which isn't always "in your grasp."

These shows with the rich socialites is just an example of this, in my opinion. What purpose this shows might have besides mindless entertainment...hmm not sure exactly myself.


This is a satirical examination of how the American media is becoming more and more elitist by giving up more and more positions to former politicians and their offspring.I think this is an example of how important having "connections" is.
In the U.S. however, one sees that most people are thought about that life [at least in the U.S.] is like a meritocracy and sometimes, in the U.S., people continue to believe so even as adults.

In Puerto Rico and perhaps even Italy everyone knows that those with connections got it good even against those who are more worthy then those well-connected fellows. In Puerto Rico at least there's less belief that our societies are very meritocratic.

[NecroCommie]

Not needing to work is the very marxist definition of the capitalist class. This is not exactly news in itself, but it is good to know that awareness of this rises even in the U.S.

And the article was a fun read. :lol: I appreciate his comic way of putting things.

[Revy]

Americans love monarchy, actually. possibly more than Europeans. We've never had it nor is it likely so it remains nothing more than a cultural fascination.

[RadioRaheem84]

Americans love monarchy, actually. possibly more than Europeans. We've never had it nor is it likely so it remains nothing more than a cultural fascination.


Its true. Americans love to see aristocratic, high society fluff stuff on TV. The younger generation is in full fledged devotion to climb the social ladder to be an elitist. As social classes become more and more apparent, they don't want to appear to look like the lower class.