Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
I dunno, I have a working theory that celebrity worship replaces royalty worship in some peoples' brains. There's something primal about wanting to have a Very Important Someone whom you can obsess over. I don't empathize, but I kinda understand it.

So in a way, worshiping the Kardashians replaces worshiping the Queen Mum for a certain kind of person. Which makes it eminently American.
Tis actually psychologically true with other primates also. In a study, monkeys would forego food to have the opportunity of staring at a picture of the dominant monkey. Something to do with the primal belief that the most important person in a group was the strongest or best provider, and therefore security was guaranteed in their presence.... Also shadenfreude.