ORIGINALITY LOST

...this world has become plagued with non-originality. Granted there is nothing new under the sun, but being so blatantly bogus, come on. Look at our TV programs we have become inundated with reality TV shows or more likely "scripted" reality. We just rip the past off and don't give credit to the creators. Instead of using our imagination to create we grab the nearest yahoo's who would do anything told to them for the almighty dollar. We have become a voyeuristic society, we want everyone in our business, we've scrapped our private lives for the hope, or desperation's, of instant fame, if even for a few seconds.

The media has either forgotten or left all boundaries of decency, prying into people's lives, they blow unnecessary or irrelevant circumstances into worldwide prominence, putting into the forefront matters that should remain personal. They are not held responsible for their actions, which has become one of the main problems, they have become free to print or say whatever they want, instead of giving non bias information, which news is supposed to be and do, we get personal opinions.
The government has become more and more involved in their citizens lives and usually it's under the guise of "they're helping us." They stand on their hills looking down at us while pissing on us, thinking to themselves, "who cares, they'll take what we give them." More and more we drift toward a police state,a government controlled and run community.

Music has gone the same way. With portable MP3 players, laptop computers and gaming system any wanna-be can be in a band, "make music" or DJ. These have taken away all the work and have handicapped us with convenience. With computers you can be a lousy singer or a fair guitarist or an unknowing DJ and the computer can fix it all for you depending on what program you've loaded in it.

Everyone has turned into a victim or an addict because that's the cool thing to do. And if you're not one yet you'll want to be one soon, so you can get the attention you've always craved.

We have become inundated with wanna-be's and poseurs, all longing to be anything other then themselves and who they are. This has become acceptable in today's society.

The free thinkers are dying. Intellect has become replaced by ignorance and slipping more and more toward stupidity. Hard work has been replaced by entitlement and do enough to get by. Decency and common courtesy has been replaced by rudeness and selfishness.

Obliviously we remain: sinking, soon to drown. Liking what we've become even with the knowledge of the wrong we've created for ourselves. We celebrate our demise, in style.

So get your latte from the nearest corporate coffee shop, grab a recliner and watch in comfort as America burns to the ground...