Panem et
circenses, or
maybe “bread and circuses.” We Americans
are distracted. We react; we don’t
listen.
We react to the latest outrage. We don’t bother to actually learn. We point fingers. We get into mindless debates on Facebook.
Did we care in the first place—or
have we become exhausted from caring—about the latest action, assertion, or
attitude from our leader(s)? What once
would have been a disgrace is now the “new normal.”
It’s not like we don’t care. We especially care when a celebrity does
something that “blows up the internet.”
And we do read. Just don’t ask us
to read something taking over fifteen minutes.
(Yikes, fifteen minutes!)
