“[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously”
Robert A. Heinlein
True dat. As talented as Alicai Keys is doesn’t make her political opinion noteworthy. Same for Babs Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Steven Spielberg, ad nauseam not to mention those who have been IN OFFICE like Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, etc. but somehow self important world changing jernolists manage to poke a mic in their faces and we must contend with blithering idiocy.