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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

PE Greatest Hits: Thompson and Klosterman Debate Why Society Got So Negative

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Birth of the Modern Hate Fest

The way to become a star became, in the eyes of many, much easier. It's almost like, well, for lack of a, like a better term, like she paid her dues, you know. But then when like the real world came involved and you could just send a tape in of yourself saying like, I want to be on TV, I think it would be fun for people. People were both compelled to watch that, but completely validated and saying, this person did nothing to deserve this. So therefore it's okay for me not to feel any sort of admiration at all.

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