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The focus on personality, celebrity, and media are seemingly more important to everyone more than strict, achievable goals. It's a great time to be an opportunist. Everyone is chasing unreality. The attention economy has become incredibly real and is dominating politics. No movement exists to counter it, only those that want to dominate or capitalize on it.