And pretty much sums it up<\/a>.\u00a0 We are seeing Democracy in the age of MTV.\u00a0 An age that has long thrown out quality and depth for the right hairdo and perfect figure.\u00a0 We live in a time where the media insists that a world leader is unworthy unless he or she can be awesome on a late night comedy show.\u00a0 It is in that context that we will get our next generation of leaders.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And pretty much sums it up.\u00a0 We are seeing Democracy in the age of MTV.\u00a0 An age that has long thrown out quality and depth for the right hairdo and perfect figure.\u00a0 We live in a time where the media insists that a world leader is unworthy unless he or she can be awesome on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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