Fame is the most important status in America. It is no mere status symbol; it is true reality.
Reputable fame is most valid, with degrees of notoriety ranging the scale of acceptability: One day Lindsay Lohan is notorious and celebrated, the next day the straw breaks the camel’s back after a line is crossed and she is no longer regarded as “admirable” but contemptible. These sliding standards of acceptability reveal much about the standards and state of the nation.
Fame is a type of ignorant, meritorious justice system. So is infamy. Both are trusted due to the implied cultural impartiality used as judging criteria. Lindsay was famous because the culture declared her so; she is now infamous because the culture also declares it so.
The highest American fame is Hollywood actor, the next, professional athlete. Somewhere down the scale is the athlete who rides bikes. No American heard (or gave a shit) about Tour de France before Lance Armstrong.
Oprah, herself, is part of the machine; she is famous for asking prying questions of fat housewives and interviewing other famous people she admires. Her own automatic absolution from the public without apology for being a race-card-throwing racist proves her high status. Her high status grants her Official, Catholic-like Indulgences. Her sins are forgiven before she commits them.
Such a saintly person exempt from social norms creates and imbues the perfect being to become the modern A’merexiqan Priestess to the Stars. This grants her real powers to hear Confession and, most significantly, grant Absolution. In Persona Christi. Surrogate of Christ, now Surrogate of The Public.
One is granted absolution in precise steps & levels:
- If one cries on TV
- The actual amount of teary liquid (measured by cc’s)
- Were these tears “believable?”
- Oprah’s judgment whether to accept the apology
- Afterwards, does Oprah publicly defend you (most important)
For most of history, the lowest status human being was black female, and rightly so; they never did anything remarkable in all of human history. They still haven’t, and I challenge any and all to provide examples. A great meatloaf recipe does not compare to creating the Polio Vaccine, nor does it measure up to the catalog of Western Achievements.
Today, the world (the West, for it’s the only worth mentioning) has declined so far, now former Highest Status members confess to the former lowest: White Men now confess to black females.
It is inconceivable to imagine William the Conqueror, Cortez or Douglas MacArthur debasing themselves so.

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