So since New Years has passed away and we sit here idly cruising through 2010 at the exact speed of 1 second per second (Unless you're moving at a high velocity, ala Einstein's Relativity), my mind has been everywhere from subjects to objections that are both personal or of national or international importance.
I've come ever closer to seeing how capitalism has failed us as a society. But it's not that greedy people are getting away with literally whatever the fuck they want. It's that people actually buy into it. You are voting with your money. Your money that you know very well doesn't grow on trees. So why then are we against the government stepping in on situations where we were being screwed and would continued to be screwed? I guess it is incorrect to say 'we' but our nation's system of an ever ongoing history and tradition breaking and molding/mixing has been tossed away for people that speak the loudest. Even if their loud speaking is complete garbage.
Glenn Beck and official fat ass-hole Rush Limbaugh whine away their days talking about both the rapture, Obama's likeliness to steal because he's black, and the final objection to Obama's security state that will be finalized with somewhat 'free-er' Health Care. Let them ignore that 9/11 happened under Bush, and that the Patriot Act (All provisions/signings) are the greatest threat to the libertarian ideals that I can have a private life. But idiots or not, enough people listen to them for their tearful complaints, exploitation of tragedies and brain-washing through fear, that they make a profitable life for themselves. In capitalism, the more money you make the more meaningful you are to society. But obviously, this is a failure of the ideal.
Much like why the hell should we be ready and willing to travel to Mars and make it our own. As much as I would like to know that human life can continue with the possible demise of all life on this planet. But with that said that is what scares me, the fact that colonization can wipe that worry away. And then what happens after Mars? I do not see the spreading of the insistent hate-mongering and the lessons of human nature we live over again through out our history.
I'm not a hater of capitalism, but seriously, when us consumers feed a company such as a utility or a service provider to become a controlling force in our lives, then we are fucked! It is then free for them, to even if they are not a monopoly to exploit the premise that technology grows and we all want to be involved. That a game's sequel will be better than the original. And yet, in the instance of Cable Co's here locally, we must get a receiver box to get less than par TV that now forces the few of us enjoying the built in HD-TV tuners of our set's to pay a fee on top of the original price in order to continue watching channels in such quality.
By degrading Digital TV, and requiring all users to comply unless they want the only other option for such an array of channels. This is a monopolistic act, and sadly most people complied. But it is more than utilities/service providers that are grinding my gears, video game companies have been at it for a long while. Take a good portion of EA games. Now think about how each sport season there is another game to go along. Is it really that better playing as new players? And outside of the sports games, how many levels do you need to play in Need for Speed Underground until the building finally look different. And people bought those for $60 a pop. Same goes for all the LEGO/Lucasfilm game releases.
The majority of us see this happen, slowly or immediately we recognize it. But after the days and days passing of time, business becomes as usual. And we all become what we never believe ourselves to be. Compliant to the whims of someone else.
Way to go everybody! You win a gold star!
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