The working class American dream is still alive. And Kim Kardashian is living it. Kim Kardashian shows that you don't have to go to college to get ahead anymore. Who needs good working class jobs when you have the possibility of a reality TV programe or, as my friend Rob Fergus said, when you can win the lottery or play basketball in the NBA?Where I, Ron, blog on a variety of different subjects--social theoretical, historical, cultural, political, social ethical, the media, and so on (I got the Max Weber, the Mark Twain, and the Stephen Leacock in me)--in a sometimes Niebuhrian or ironic way all with an attitude. Enjoy. Disagree. Be very afraid particularly if you have a socially and culturally constructed irrational fear of anything over 140 characters.
Friday, 21 January 2011
In Praise of Kim Kardashian...
The working class American dream is still alive. And Kim Kardashian is living it. Kim Kardashian shows that you don't have to go to college to get ahead anymore. Who needs good working class jobs when you have the possibility of a reality TV programe or, as my friend Rob Fergus said, when you can win the lottery or play basketball in the NBA?
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