This is a result of entertainment trumping all other needs in society.....
More like political and religious agendas trumping all other needs
It's both. All the big pieces of the right wing media machine like Ban Shapino's Daily Wire, Alex Jone's InfoWars, Brietbart, PragerU package rage and sell it with mugs, t-shirts, boner pills, and various other snake oil remedies because they know their audience is old and extremely gullible.