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That was a really good article. The thing i was struck by is that everything you write about UK is the same in USA when it comes to obsession over the royal baby. Absolute apathy over the political economic situation and a newfound obsession for celebrities. It reminds me, scary it is to say, of the reason why some scholars give to the downfall of the Roman empire – the Latin metaphor panem et circenses (bread and circuses). The leaders of Rome became obsessed with keeping people amused and preoccupied with games while the empire collapsed around them.