America's Meltdown: The Lowest-common-denominator Society - John Boghosian Arden - Google Books

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As entertainers, corporations, and even the government pander to the lowest common denominator, American life becomes increasingly vicarious, prefabricated, and bereft of meaning. This book examines contemporary American consciousness, considering the…