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I've only skimmed through some of the previous posts (I am aware of the irony that that is also sort of part of the problem?), so if I'm repeating so be it.
Personally, I believe humans have always had scandal. We make drama for ourselves then use it for entertainment. Human nature has been consistent, I feel, while it is mostly our access to and ability to disseminate information that has changed. Profits demand we feed the 24-hour news cycle with meat, whether that's prime rib or fatty sausage filler. That model has been adopted by damn near every marketing approach since all the knowledge (and false knowledge) of the world is now within a moment's reach. The speed in which we can not only receive information, but redistribute that information has grown faster than our capability (or willingness?) to verify such information. Add to that our own observational biases to selectively cull differing opinions, heightened by a generation or two weaned into and mostly ignorantly dependent on sugary substances for both body and mind, we are psychologically compelled to seek more stimuli to maintain our attention.
Speaking of bias, what scandals exist are strategically marketed far more than ever for emotional impact. So much so that we cannot be bothered to question our encouraged impulse. Instead, we roll with it setting logic and healthy skepticism aside to be endlessly reassured that our gut feelings are absolutely accurate and that person over there, and anything that they say or do are absolutely scandalous.
On the other side of that coin though stands the scandal which I feel, given our social climate and the seemingly lack of honest humility, regret, or consequence, has become trivial. Why make great effort to hide something that is now very subjective to interpretation given everyone's right to an opinion or that because of our waning attention spans, that scandal will be swallowed whole in the next media cycle for what a Kardashian tweets?
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