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.
why would you worship any kind of person... respect i get, but only if earned. celebs usually are just beautiful or succesfull in something and that turns on all kinds of instincts in people. and i think half of it is envy.