40. Everyone receives grace (credit) on this
question. But I’m genuinely interested in your response, so please write it
in the blue exam book.
1. Crass consumerism
2. Hyperbolic patriotism
3. Voyeuristic escapism
4. Shallow materialism
5. Social status
6. Victimization run amok
7. Image over substance
8. Sensationalistic and sleazy sexuality
9. Raw power
10. $$$ The Almighty Dollar $$$
11. Must See TV
12. Mind-numbing entertainment
13. Litigation mania
14. Rampant egocentrism and narcissism
15. Herd-like societal conformism
16. Virtual existence and experience
17. Stultifying political correctness
18. Egoistic selfishness and hedonism
19. Insidious and intrusive commercialism
20. Guns galore (the Wild-West syndrome)
21. Erosion of accountability and sense of entitlement
22. Normalized (homogenized and hollow) individuality
23. Institutional corruption and hypocrisy
24. Instantaneous self-gratification, solutions, and
information
25. Superficial acquisition of information (fun facts,
factiods, isolated data)
26. Dumbing down of culture and education
27. Propagandistic mass media
28. Dogmatic drivel and defensiveness
29. False idol complex
30. Bigger is better
31. "I’m OK, you’re OK" attitude
32. All of the above
33. Other (briefly state)
