The middle class americans with nothing better to do but sit at home and watch these low class people do so just to feel more normal themselves. If they did in fact want to learn more about morals why don't the talk shows have middle class people on the show, the people committing white collar crimes like fraud and the house wives at home cheating on their spouses. These people they find in the trailer parks expose themselves to the humiliation because they have no where else to go with their problems. They offer a fake source of help through their "rough-and-ready therapist," and all they get is crucified by the audience on national television.
I would love to see Ehrenreich's idea of a talk show, with the "different cast of characters and caregory of crimes... CEO's who rake in millions while their employees get downsized..." Now thats a talk show that I would watch.
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Weston I have the same thoughts on this topic as you. You used your words great in this blog. I to don't understand how someone who is making big money can put these people living the tough lives in his shoes, and try to tell them what they are doing wrong. Was the host ever put in any of these situations throughout his entire life? Most likely he wasn't since he became somewhat famous, and is on tv.
How do they expect the middle class to learn anything from these shows? The people that they have on the shows don't put themselves out into the world. They don't go out and look for jobs, they don't try to find a way to get out of the way they are living, and they expect things to be given to them for nothing. Maybe if the lower class society would try to do something good in there life they wouldn't be stuck in the situations they are facing on the show.
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