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So why do people keep on watching? the answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. in fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life.
-Barbara Ehrenreich
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So Why Do People Keep On Watching?

Barbara Ehrenreich
So why do people keep on watching? the answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist. in fact, deep in their hearts, this is what the spuds crave most: a rich, new, participatory life.
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