Worthless American values and other complaints

There are few greater indications of how backwards our society has become, with misplaced values both socially and economically, than in the fortunes spent and made photographing and capitalizing off the children of celebrities. I fail to see why such photographs should or could matter to anybody, but I'm apparently in the minority here with such lucrative deals being struck.

It's being reported that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have worked out a deal in the area of a $6 million contract to give People magazine exclusive rights to publish photos of their recently born twins. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt secured $4 million from People in 2006 to photograph their child, and Christina Aguilera recently secured $1.5 million from People to run a cover photo of her son. What extremely worthless wastes of resources, both human and economic! It's beyond troubling that our society is fascinated and drawn in by such trivial and worthless forms of entertainment, if that's what it's to be called, what with the numerous global and social concerns that should be occupying our collective conscious. Think of how many people worldwide those millions of dollars could feed, but that is not the direction of American capitalism.

Not to be such a downer but I just don't get it. There are real life atrocities occurring out there, real human beings dying from the lack of basic medical treatment worldwide, millions starving to death, an ignorant public unwilling to react to a factually changing global climate, millions more dying in imperialistic wars driven by morally corrupt governments, and here in America we give a shit what the children of celebrities look like and spend our resources here. We put our attention here, our values here, and pretend that we live worthwhile existences. I may be American but I don't identify with this culture. It's just sad that such children are exploited for millions of dollars in this country, and the masses gobble it up, seemingly unaware or unconcerned with what it all means.