Posts Tagged ‘media’

Entitlement: The most obvious sign of civilization decay

Much has been said about civilization’s decay in this blog, focusing mainly on social reality and how we view ourselves first and then the goals of our society second. There is no more obvious a place to look for this phenomenon than in the idea of entitlement. Wealth is a touchy subject, because wealthy people [...]

Why the world hates the west

Americans, and others who have followed the path of individual desire to democracy, consumerism and the nanny state, have no idea why they are loathed. They assume it’s from bad results of our interference in other nations. I’d suggest it’s from the reasons we interfere. Because our society is based in the revolutions of 1789 [...]

Can’t make up our minds on global warming

Someone last night finally explained the right wing argument against global warming to me: in their view, the irresponsible masses who create Revolutions want a good excuse for one world government with massive powers, and global warming is the justification that racism and terrorism haven’t been. I shrugged that one off with the Platonic knowledge [...]

Modern Depression: What Would It Look Like?

Globe writer tackles what a depression would look like in modern times. He’s frighteningly close to today’s reality without an official depression, which makes what he’s saying both laughable fear-mongering as well as ironic when considering the spin: With the diminishing price of televisions and the proliferation of channels, it’s getting easier and easier to [...]

Obama got free advertising from our media

All you non-conformists who voted for Obama — you’re conformists: Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Reporters, photographers and editors found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already [...]

Advertising Across America

Advertising is a powerful tool in any society run by mass media. If a political entity or a corporation has liquidity, a good portion of that liquidity is usually spent on some type of advertising budget. Instead of undisguised propaganda, which can at least be questioned by the masses even in secret if necessary, the [...]

Join Facebook Group “Modern Society Responsible For Kauhajoki School Massacre”

Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39997558864 This is Jokela High School Massacre Redux. The media will try to cover this up as just another psycho who pulled a gun at a school, but with incidents like this becoming more common, we can’t fool ourselves any longer: school shootings are a message and a warning to modern society; a [...]