Why We Are So Jaded
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"Quality is possible without irony;emotion is possible without gushiness. The best are, high and pop, finds a middle way." Gordon's statement carries an immense weight of truth with it. In our society, we aree surrounded and ambushed by ironic images, that in fact border on sarcastic cynicism and c ....
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.... and our cynical view that nothing is ever perfect, and never will be. Such idealisms are ridiculed - for in our society such an optimistic view is going to be met with sarcasm, because the 'businessman's ethic' is predeminant. All this optimistic, picture perfect emotionally driven 'art' willn ot bring about success, or money, or power, things that are so superficially valued, so naturally that or thoses who exemplify it are going to be ridiculed.
may be because of the value placed in our s ....
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