What are the advantages about having celebrities in the US?

Answer 1

That depends on what kind of celebrity you are talking about.Paris Hilton provides an advantage to the media. She sells, not because of her talent and beauty(She has little of either) but because people love to ridicule her- it makes them feel better about themselves.She is an effective distraction from issues that matter. On the plus side, she demonstrates t hat meritocracy and individualism are myths- She is just lucky.Celebrities such as Sean Penn, Susan Sarondon, Tim Robbins,and Michael Moore also make money for corporations , but they are also intelligent people with a social concience, who are waking people up to the fact that they are being shafted by the rich and powerful, and that America's policies are making the world a dangerous place to live.