“The message of the consumer society, pumped out over flat screens… is shrill and unrelenting: You are a failure. Pop culture celebrates those who wallow in power, wealth and self-obsession, and perpetuates the lie that if you work hard and are clever, you can become a ‘success.’… The disparity between the glittering world that people watch and the bleak world they inhabit creates a collective schizophrenia.”
