"We live in a culture characterized by what Benjamin DeMott called 'junk politics'...
"Junk politics does not demand justice or the reparation of rights. It always personalizes issues rather than clarifying them. It eschews real debate for manufactured scandals, celebrity gossip and spectacles. It trumpets eternal optimism, endlessly praises our moral strength and character, and communicates in a feel-your-pain language. The result of junk politics is that nothing changes, “meaning zero interruption in the processes and practices that strengthen existing, interlocking systems of socioeconomic advantage.”
Chris Hedge, 'Zero Point of System Collapse'; Adbuster Magazine 11.2.2010
Chris Hedge, 'Zero Point of System Collapse'; Adbuster Magazine 11.2.2010