Few people who do anything excellent are ever heard of. You know why? Because excellence, pure excellence, terrifies the fuck out of Americans because they have been bred to appreciate the success of the mediocre. People don’t like to be reminded that lurking somewhere there are people who can do some shit that you can’t do. They can think a way you can’t think, they can dance a way you can’t dance. They are excellent. You aren’t excellent. Most Americans aren’t excellent, they’re only OK. And so to keep them happy as a labor force, you say, “OK, let’s take this mediocre chump,” and we say, “He is terrific!” All the other mediocre chumps say, “Yeah, that’s right and that gives me hope, because one day as mediocre and chumpish as I am I can…” It’s smart labor relations. An MBA decision. That is the orientation of most entertainment, politics, and religion. So considering how firmly entrenched all that is right now, you think it’s going to turn around? Not without a genetic mutation it’s not!
– Frank Zappa
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