“Celebrity is what a boy or a youth longs for more than for any other thing. He would be a clown in a circus; he would be a pirate, he would sell himself to Satan, in order to attract attention and be talked about and envied. True, it is the same with every grown-up person; I am not meaning to confine this trait to the boys.” ~ Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2 (2013), p. 232. Dictated 10 September 1906.
What do I think about celebrities? I don’t think about them. And they certainly don’t think about me, or their biggest fans for that matter.
Come to think of it, they don’t think… at all, for themselves. They’re not thinkers or visionaries, they’re not sharing thought provoking ideas and inspiring us to be better human beings… in fact, just the opposite… they sit around on their asses being waited on like they’re little children (& i’m certain this sounds familiar to the Royals); no disrespect to children.
In fact, celebrities (and their Royals counterparts) are much like spoiled little brats… the term “extended adolescence” springs to mind… they throw tantrums that only a Hollywoodite equipped with their “celebrity hall pass” could get away with, let alone be found endearing for.
Stars are there to mesmerize you, to capture your attention, and to sell you an illusion… to distract you and fool you into believing (be-lie-ving) what ever lie is being sold. They are change agents, there to change your attitude, values, beliefs and actions… their purpose is to degauss your moral compass… they parasitically suck your energy and your time (your most precious asset); as they are energy vampires, and they are insatiable.
They are, in a word, PRODUCTS… independent in BRAND only… and you can rest assured that the Biggest Brands and the most highly celebrated celebrities, SOLD THIER SOULS to D’ Evil a long time ago. Just go and ask Dave Chappelle, and he’ll tell you first hand, that you have to know where your line is; and most celebrities aren’t as wise as Dave.
So, while I consider what they have to say, a courtesy I extend to all people (After all, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle), I don’t give much weight to their fabricated opinions or the illusions they’re peddling on behalf of the Establishment… and I certainly DO NOT worship them, but rather, I disdain them; as they are, in part, the bane of our existence.
It’s About Time We Outgrow the Status Quo, and STOP worshipping & celebrating celebrity (or royalty, for that matter, which I find to be just as absurd and outdated of an idea)… these are ancient beliefs that I for one have outgrown.
Seriously, this isn’t Europe in the 1800’s, it’s the 21st century… we have the Google & the interweb 
We (all of US) are born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights. Some human beings weren’t born to rule over other human beings… and if you believe that some people are born to rule over others, then I have a bridge in NYC to sell you.
Those tales are for children, or at least those who don’t know any better because they don’t yet have the ability to tell fact from fiction… it’s precious, really… like believing in santa claus, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy… one day we’ll tell stories of the Royals, and children will giggle.
The cult of celebrity is not an American idea… it’s a British one… it’s a remnant of days gone by, dark ages.
It’s the Public Relations front end on the System of Empire; which America (apparently) never fully escaped. It’s an emulation of the British Class System, which is modeled on the Indian Caste System.
Will we be divided and conquered, or will we rise to the occasion, stand together, UNITED, and Act as if?
As the late, great, legendary and fearless George Carlin once observed: They Don’t Care About You!
And as the late, great, legendary and fearless Thomas Paine once observed (then laid out in “Common Sense” in 1776), with regard to monarchy and hereditary succession:
MANKIND being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; the distinctions of rich, and poor, may in a great measure be accounted for, and that without having recourse to the harsh ill sounding names of oppression and avarice. Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and though avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy. 1
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is, the distinction of men into KINGS and SUBJECTS. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth enquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind.
As Maya Angelou, in all her grace, beauty and wisdom once gently warned Dave Chappelle: Don’t pick it up, and don’t put it down.
1: A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object;
1.1: A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister;
1.2: A misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing;
1.3: A person or thing that is popular or fashionable, especially among a particular section of society;
1: A famous person;
1.1: The state of being well known; see also Prestige
Prestige: Widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.
Brand: A particular identity or image regarded as an asset:
Product: An article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale:
Divine right of kings: The doctrine that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, from which it follows that rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
Doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority
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The Cult of Celebrity / The Cult of No Personality
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