Movies were the ultimate form of entertainment. The usual dosage was one movie a week.
But with Television, people could easily watch several shows an evening. The TV became part of the family. An important part of the family, that showed the rest of the family what to buy and how to behave.
I rebelled at this and refused to watch it, but most people accepted its advice gratefully. Even my mother, as domineering a person as ever there was, accepted its guidance.
The Consumer was born, and most people could see nothing wrong with this role, especially if they lived in much of America (the Midwest and the South), where nothing much was going on.
The Shopping Center appeared, surrounded by vast parking lots, where people could park their cars and go inside to see the advantages of having an affluent life.
The Computer (with its Internet and Cellular Networks) was next, and would also change who we were.
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