No Politics is Local Now

Stephen White of Catholic University writes about Neil Postman’s classic Amusing Ourselves to Death in view of social media and smartphones.

“It is not hard to find all this same impotent frustration [of things you know of but can do nothing about] within the Church, too. Our ecclesial arguments are invariably nationalized and globalized. Personal morality is downplayed; moral responsibility for various global issues is emphasized.”

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