The Royal Escape

I'm taking a break from deep thought to address this recent phenomenon: The Royal Wedding! Our society...the American one, has become obsessed with it. It's not even our people! Did you know that 80% of "Brits" do not care about this event, even more to the point they oppose it. Because they have to pay for it. Yep, let me repeat, their taxes pay for a certain percentage of this grand wedding. Amongst war, a dying economy, and the general depressive attitude of the common man we are going to stop everything to watch just two people get married in the most posh of circumstance? I believe one might call that escapism. Personally, it feels akin to worship and I am never party to that.