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Why does our society put people who work in entertainment (i.e actors, musicians, athletes, etc.) on such a high pedestal? They are really bad influences and no sane person should ever look up to them.

I will always have more respect for janitors and fast-food workers than those who throw a football around or read line written on paper.

@xianc78 Okay so basically... we live in a celebrity society 🤡

Well, that's what we learnt in sociology class anyway :blobcatgooglyshrug:

be critical of all... even ourselves
@xianc78 Happy to oblige.
But that doesn't make it any less true. Hollywood is controlled by Jews.
I read a thing recently that I saw on fedi with a history of Walt Disney's attempt to keep Jews from controlling movie production, and that leading to Hollywood. Unfortunately I've lost it.

@Zerglingman Are independent film festivals still a thing? Maybe there you can find film makers and actors worth supporting.

@xianc78 I assume so, but I don't care enough about movies to investigate.
In fact I've definitely come across minor productions like Skwerl and that Alice Springs Unicycle Club silent film (probably still up on vimeo).

@Zerglingman It seems like Vimeo is the itch.io for films. I should probably check them out more.

@xianc78 That seems like a reasonable comparison, which is why I do not recommend leaning in too hard. It is, ultimately, a single, centralised service.
In terms of places to post videos, the only two I respect currently are lbry and peertube.
@xianc78 because they are unelected officials, with politics you still need a bare bones approval rating a gaslighting system (see biden's presidency), but with artists there doesn't exist such baseline and the cost is often much lower than national propaganda efforts

That way you can spread ideology and control the people in a more subtle way before and after you reach power, same thing happens with news reporters and the like
@xianc78
>actors, musicians, athletes
actors, musicians, athletes are the only people in society that do hard work and get fucked up on drugs at the same time.

Most people just do the drugs and nothing else :back_from_gab:
@xianc78
Majority of people can't read out loud and have little to no public speaking skills.

Combine that with actually acting, being able to keep up appearances, and not get caught saying the nigger word while simultaneously on several different drugs and alcohol and actors work harder than your average person.
@xianc78 We love being entertained and have no greater guiding principle besides "consume, then die"
@xianc78 because humans dumb animals and they see a face that makes them happy and decide happy making funny man would be good at stuff.
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