The McMansion blog author has a long rant about what is wrong with HGTV, but I believer her observation extends well beyond that one outlet.

Put simply, through the skilled manipulation via advertising and the appeal to vanity, America has turned into a get-rich-quick scheme.

Flipping houses is one of the often pushed methods, and quite a few shows are based around this proposal.

One of the problems that these flippers create is that they sell the most superficial improvements to a property as something important. Trivial things, and frankly stupid things too.

But instead of substance the important thing is to get rich.

We’re a nation full of people who want the tackiest and most insubstantial.

We’re the Walmart nation.