I also appreciate One Direction - if for no other reason for
   being a commercial success [yes, manufactured, sold,
   constructed, stamped, processed, complete with expiration date]
   - It's a machine I couldn't be a cog in.

   It's like politicians: I've been working for DECADES (yeah,
   since I was like 8 years old and got my first realization about
   politics: They were just as bad as TV commercials, which I had
   *JUST* realized were full of crap (I later learned the word was
   "hyperbole") - I believe it might have been disappointment at a
   SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY type Ad for the Circus which turned out
   to be NOTHING like they promised...

   and it was the 1980 presidential election.... and I wanted the
   #3 guy to win because.. he was... INDEPENDENT - loved that word.
   Didn't care what he stood for 'cause.. I was 8. I did some
   research two nights ago to see what he stood for because I
   didn't know and... I *still* don't care what he stood for... or
   any politician for that matter.

   Anyway, took me decades to finally appreciate the very thing
   they are really good at is *exactly* the thing I couldn't do:

   Be a Mouthpiece for "this is what I *have* to say" and fake
   authenticity.

   Now? I understand and I respect it for what it is. Still working
   on full acceptance though. By comparison to politicians, One
   Direction is just pathetic yet raking in the bucks
   successfully...and for being a successful part of the Music
   Industry Machine... I give them props/kudos/etc.