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Is our obsession with celebrities, sports, consumer culture and social media quietly dismantling democracy? Psychotherapist and award-winning author Kurt Warner thinks so, and he’s sounding the alarm in his new book, False Idols: How Diversion Is Destroying Democracy. Please refer to the press release below for additional information, and let me know if you would like to receive a copy of False Idols for interview and/or review purposes. Watch a recent interview regarding one of Kurt’s previous books here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFDCwwnAZ0c. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Are ‘Bread and Circuses’ Dismantling Democracy? New Book Warns of the Hidden Cost of Modern Distractions NEW YORK, August 19, 2025 — In ancient Rome, poet and satirist Juvenal used the phrase “bread and circuses” to refer to superficial appeasements used by the powerful to placate the public and distract them from political corruption. In False Idols: How Diversion Is Destroying Democracy, licensed clinical social worker, psychothera