[fr_freak]

The Japanese have some great stuff. Unfortunately, we're not going to be able to emulate them any time soon if for no other reason than our demographics. Japan has a homogenous population who can take pride in themselves and their history. The USA has (now) a mish-mash of various ethnicities and national heritages who are all just fighting for the biggest piece of the national pie with no regard for the nation itself. So, go ahead and try to have an American documentary about an entrepreneur, but what you'll end up with is this group and that group talking about how that entrepreneur is only successful because of his white privilege, or how their group would be equally successful if it weren't for all the racism and sexism and homophobia, etc.

For the love of Pete, we wouldn't even be able to launch a show like "Little House on the Prairie" now because, inevitably, one group would complain that it promoted indian genocide and white supremacy, while another group complained that the show didn't focus on enough "people of color".

So, anyway, niche television it is!

[poconopundit]

The USA has (now) a mish-mash of various ethnicities and national heritages who are all just fighting for the biggest piece of the national pie...

For the love of Pete, we wouldn't even be able to launch a show like "Little House on the Prairie" now because, inevitably, one group would complain that it promoted indian genocide and white supremacy, while another group complained that the show didn't focus on enough "people of color".

I agree with your assessment, fr_freak -- and it's very well said.  Since the Ellis Island era, each wave of immigrant cultures worked hard to add value and fight prejudice and injustice on its path to bread, shelter, and self-respect.

In fact, the hopes of immigrants moving into the middle class enabled the commercial success of "Little House on the Prairie".  Your average American could identify with the Ingalls family story, its sadness and joys, because Americans had hope that with hard work they could also "make it".  The show's theme was also universal: my wife loved "Little House" and "Bonanza" watching them as a child in Japan.

So what changed?  A couple things: 1) the God-less culture of greed and lawlessness as promoted by Hollywood and the media; plus 2) the rise of the globalist, crony-capitalist federal and State governments which killed jobs, fostered dependency, and chipped away at the American Dream.

Thank God, our skilled and righteous Captain has the wisdom to steer us through these rough seas of inbred corruption and cultural malaise.

A Thanksgiving dinner by a warm fire awaits us in the safe harbor of MAGA-land.  But for now, it's All Hands on Deck!