Celebrities From a Different Lens.
I'm starting to believe that we no longer view celebrity in the same light that we used to see them. It was my dream as a little boy to become a professional hockey player when I grew up, but at that young age of course I had no idea of the hard work, and commitment that it would take to make my dream a reality. I think dreams are important, they give us something to live for but it is also my belief that becoming a celebrity no longer holds value the way it used to. Morality is an important thing to have if you are thinking you want to be famous, and because people think less of morals those ideas I had as a child are slowly being eroded away by a society that glorifies the bad, and ridicules the good.
We used to look up to famous people as role models when I was growing up, and our role models were very important people to us and our society. We would never think as a community to destroy the reputation of a good person who was famous, just so we could elevate ourselves above the people we idolized. Having an idol as a child was important to me because it gave me something to compare my dreams to. We used to look to our idol's life and art as a road map, a secret map to figure out how they were able to do the things they did, and how we could emulate this.
It was part of my growing up years to dream that one day I could live in the spotlight, just like my hero. This way of thinking has become dangerous in the 21st century for reasons that I don't know how to explain. Part of it could be my age now, but part of it could be that we no longer respect celebrities as we used to. Fame is something to be used now, not something you achieved through talent, and hard work, and of course that lucky break. Of course all these things still exist, but we see the door to fame differently than we used to.
Achievement in my opinion and not talent is glorified in our culture, because we are trying to suppress those who might stand out because of fairness. Being Politically Correct means that to stand out at something puts other people at a false danger because equity is one of the 21st century's core values. A core value is a heart value, and when society values something, the majority usually wins. Why then do we value celebrity differently? I think you would have to ask a celebrity (which I am not), and then I think you would have to ask yourself why you see celebrity differently than you used to. If I was to ask myself this question, my answer would be that celebrity doesn't come cheap. It is a lifetime occupation and not many people these days are willing to use their fame to better this world, because eventually people end up resenting them or even hating them for their talent. Of course this is a diverse world, and each person's question would be different. This is Mike.
I'm starting to believe that we no longer view celebrity in the same light that we used to see them. It was my dream as a little boy to become a professional hockey player when I grew up, but at that young age of course I had no idea of the hard work, and commitment that it would take to make my dream a reality. I think dreams are important, they give us something to live for but it is also my belief that becoming a celebrity no longer holds value the way it used to. Morality is an important thing to have if you are thinking you want to be famous, and because people think less of morals those ideas I had as a child are slowly being eroded away by a society that glorifies the bad, and ridicules the good.
We used to look up to famous people as role models when I was growing up, and our role models were very important people to us and our society. We would never think as a community to destroy the reputation of a good person who was famous, just so we could elevate ourselves above the people we idolized. Having an idol as a child was important to me because it gave me something to compare my dreams to. We used to look to our idol's life and art as a road map, a secret map to figure out how they were able to do the things they did, and how we could emulate this.
It was part of my growing up years to dream that one day I could live in the spotlight, just like my hero. This way of thinking has become dangerous in the 21st century for reasons that I don't know how to explain. Part of it could be my age now, but part of it could be that we no longer respect celebrities as we used to. Fame is something to be used now, not something you achieved through talent, and hard work, and of course that lucky break. Of course all these things still exist, but we see the door to fame differently than we used to.
Achievement in my opinion and not talent is glorified in our culture, because we are trying to suppress those who might stand out because of fairness. Being Politically Correct means that to stand out at something puts other people at a false danger because equity is one of the 21st century's core values. A core value is a heart value, and when society values something, the majority usually wins. Why then do we value celebrity differently? I think you would have to ask a celebrity (which I am not), and then I think you would have to ask yourself why you see celebrity differently than you used to. If I was to ask myself this question, my answer would be that celebrity doesn't come cheap. It is a lifetime occupation and not many people these days are willing to use their fame to better this world, because eventually people end up resenting them or even hating them for their talent. Of course this is a diverse world, and each person's question would be different. This is Mike.
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