Our world is controlled by corporatism and pain. Although I'd love for this to be a rant against corporatism, it is instead one regarding the pain. Then again, it is not so much in regards to the violence and vulgarity itself, but instead for the causes of the previously mentioned.
Violence, sex, hate, prejudice, racism, discrimination, vulgarity; all of these are associated all too quickly to the age of technology and the world we live in. I'm not denying the fact that we are definitely influenced by the new age where censorship has lost the battle, I do argue, however, that we use it as a scapegoat far too often.
A man is beaten with a baseball bat or shot without reason and we blame video games.
War once again takes masses of young men and we (rightfully) accuse corporatism, but then we also turn to Hollywood as a source of glorification of war.
Sex has lost most of its meaning and we, once again, blame the entertainment industry.
The list goes on.
It is obvious that the entertainment industry has had a great effect on our lifestyles, but let us not use it as a scapegoat to all of our problems. Men are instinctively flawed. Just because a man who was considered great turns to violence or crime, it does not mean it is caused by the new electronic age, it means he turned to violence and crime.
Remember:
Adolf Hitler was an artist before he was a mass murderer.
Benito Mussolini was a kindergarten teacher before he took genocides hand.
And Joseph Stalin... Stalin was a priest before condemning himself to damnnation.
Kudos to mankind, we have failed.
1 comment:
I agree. Today, it seems (and I myself am guilty of this) we need a scapegoat for EVERYTHING!
- You tripped going down the stairs and blame another person for not cleaning their shit up
- Did you ever think you might have tripped on your own accord? Youre the idiot who was walking.
Etc. lol thats a horrible example... but it will suffice. For now.
Well done, great posts, keep them up.
And I like the Mr. Mac addition... :)
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