One of the most hideous parts of capitalism to me is the public relations sector whose work is rehabilitating the image of the worst, rich people.

Hordes of flunkies hired to manage the profiles of evil people, involving everything from highly coordinated networks of online trolls and boosters to obsequious yes men who make livings groveling at the checkbooks of these monsters. These sick slick made-for-tv wine mom tv shows aimed at the vacuous and still scorned boomer moms who though Her was the embodiment of a thwarted feminist movement sucking it all down.

I still believe probably the largest impediment at this moment still remains the tube, just as Neil Postman posited decades ago. Even though we’re infinitely more amused to death by social media and Big Tech TV is still the big one for middle America.