Lot of solid observation here, mostly about people and personalities that thank GOD I know nothing about for these reasons: I don't follow this shit. Honestly, AP, having limited my FB to only outgoing information, my Twitter to largely only outgoing tweets and accepting almost no friend requests I've been able to clean most of that up, like getting pollution out of the river of what flows in front of me. That was a gift of great value. I read good authors, thoughtful authors, and for the most part am not affected by the infections you outline. Pop culture largely doesn't enter my sphere but for what NPR might broadcast, or the BBC. I am immensely grateful for this respite from insanity. Loved this. Hard to read but it's spot on.