At the same time, the cult of personality has been with humankind in one form or another since forever. In the here and now? Social media mixed with Anglo-American culture and the cultural myths of the self-made individual and DYI just turbocharged it. And that’s why kids’ aspirations for when they grow up, if they ever do, are to be be famous, because now, it’s a job, a career. Who’d a thunk it?
What a great point, Frances, thanks! The personality cult has been reinforced through individualism and dragged into the virtual global village through social media. Sad, indeed.
One of those sad but true realities.
At the same time, the cult of personality has been with humankind in one form or another since forever. In the here and now? Social media mixed with Anglo-American culture and the cultural myths of the self-made individual and DYI just turbocharged it. And that’s why kids’ aspirations for when they grow up, if they ever do, are to be be famous, because now, it’s a job, a career. Who’d a thunk it?
What a great point, Frances, thanks! The personality cult has been reinforced through individualism and dragged into the virtual global village through social media. Sad, indeed.