Uh... just a guess here... too busy watching television?
Dingdingdingdingding...we have a winner! Now, for Double Jeopardy. The answer is -- "creating our own pop culture and being in control of what gets shown on TV, which bands get signed to record labels, which movies get green lighted, how professional athletes behave, and so on."
I know that, Alex...what is "how can we in the center-right go about deprogramming Generation X and Generation.com, and make them realize there's stuff a helluva lot more important out there than American Idol and the World Cup?"
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
A few years ago I did lead inspections in apartment complexes. If people were home, the TV was tuned to Maury Pavolowvish(sp?), Jerry Springer, or some other depravity. Like many are beginning to realize, we are so screwed.