'It's clear which way the machine is headed, and I'm just another cog in it — a really ashamed, pretty sad cog.'
Well, not ashamed enough to quit cashing the paychecks, though.
Thanks for stating the obvious, chief, but don't we all intuitively know that Paris Hilton (or equivalent) doesn't really rate one line of press let alone hundreds? But, please, whine about it, give us apologetics, but by all means keep on doing it. Tell you what? Until you feel so repulsed by your own reflection, or you pump it up a little bit in the courage shop and confront your bosses, how about you pity yourself and don't ask us to?