Cultural Propaganda

For the last few months we have been engaged in cultural propaganda. Our current society is what allows for cultural propaganda to be spewed by anyone who can type or even simply post a link on their social networking page. This cultural propaganda, even though some may considered it accurate, is becoming more destructive compared to being beneficial for our society as a whole.

Terms like racist, race-baiter, and words that can be used in different contexts have been turned into talking points. Talking points that are false and misleading. The use of a word is not the issue. The true issue is the cultural propaganda that is tossed like pamphlets from a drone when the sun rises. The cultural propaganda is not just about race, but gender, social class, religious views, and political stance.

It is important for the public to understand the rhetorical devices that are being used that allow cultural propaganda and corporate agendas that have been developed and deployed by those in power.

Young Black Americans are forced to see images of themselves on television and the internet in a way that is not positive. But this is no different for White Americans. Recent television programing is not created to challenge our thoughts- But rather reinforce our thoughts.

As we engage in cultural propaganda and support drilling, or oppose drilling, believe racism is real, or believe that it is fake we are engaged in cultural propaganda. Their agenda. An agenda that leads to more hate and separation than is healthy for a society that is supposed to be about freedom. That freedom is being crushed, stolen, and only for the elite.

Cultural propaganda has allowed for critical thinking to become something that is almost obsolete- like common sense. While we debate if sexting is real, or is global warming real, we fail to realize that we are being destroyed. We obey the lies, we follow the trends, we are told how we should act, how we should talk, and who we should worship with.

Cultural propaganda has allowed for poor people to believe that they are Republicans, and poor people to believe that Democrats want to change their lot in life. But these false assumptions and false allegiances have destroyed the fabric of our cultural.  

Another example of this in when those that do not belong, support, or understand said community believe that they can make assumptions about that community. They find views and positions that fit their already forced fed moral fabric that has either been engrained by family or often shaped by lack of experience.

Men deciding what is right for women, whites deciding what is right for blacks, and a government telling us what freedom is and how much freedom or privacy we should have are all elements of this cultural war.

This cultural war includes, incomes, race, beliefs and other interest. It would not be surprising if those that look at our current society in the future may equate our society to those that believed in human sacrifice. For what is a war? Nothing more than human sacrifices for beliefs structures that truly should not exist. We ship our children off to war, in some cases these children just want a source of income to provide for their family, or receive funds to attend college. There are some that follow family traditions.

Our recent wars cannot and should not be compared to the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. But they should be viewed as wars for resources and influence. A cultural war supported by cultural propaganda.

While our government conducts these wars for resources and control, they also conduct in the destruction of our freedom and liberties. These liberties are often intertwined and accompanied by cultural agendas with no regard to the influence that they will have on those that stand on the other side of the issue, or demand change or simply attention in order for change.

Of course there are those that will support the State, and believe whatever the State tells them. They will argue that the intellectual is being indoctrinated into a liberal way of thinking, or that their value structure is the only structure that should remain on this soil.

We cannot compare the democrats or republicans of today of those in the past. We cannot assume that the white culture or the black culture can be encompassed into one way of thinking. But should keep in mind that statistics are skewed to fit an agenda. Statistics are often the most damaging cultural agenda that is produced by man. They do not include all of the factors, but break the human experience down into mere numbers. Numbers can never explain the human experience, but only support the cultural propaganda.

There will be some that discredit this concept, or this frame of mind. But the cultural propaganda is here. It has been put in place by our government, the corporations, and our moral beliefs that are often illegitimate and hypocritical. 

Try to escape the cultural propaganda, the denial of freedom, and understand that no matter what, we are born with a set of rights. A right to be free as long as our actions do not cause harm to others. Our thoughts are starting to become crimes, our conversations and emails stored, whistle blowers are evil doers, and the cultural propaganda is blowing across our land.

Let us revolt with our minds, and buying power. Let us seek true knowledge and true understanding in order to make a change. Violence in some cases has been necessary but violence is not the key to the type of revolution that is needed. Freedom cannot become a reality if we are engaged in a political and cultural war of propaganda.       

  

Of course we have made strides towards some sort of imaginary equality, but we except this imaginary equality and allow for the cultural propaganda to feed into our thoughts and actions or inaction.  Obey at your own demise.      

Capitalism Has No Ethics

While the world is caught up in bra straps and a mother’s right to feed her child, the media is missing an important story- the loss of ethics, period.

 There was a gentleman that felt the need to cash in on the death of Trayvon Martin. So he drew a little picture of what could be considered a representation of a teenager in a hoodie, including the skittles and ice tea, and turned them into paper targets… as in shooting targets.

These paper targets sold out in two days. I was upset, and posted a link to an article on my personal page. These paper targets got me all in a whirl-wind. I felt frustration and some of my personal opinions on race and ethics were put on trial.

The final verdict is that capitalism has no ethics, and this is something that I have to come to terms with. Is it unethical for a product like this? Of course it is. But there are many unethical products that we could demand be pulled from the shelves.  Exploiting people and events for profit is not a new concept.

If you think about it, there are many unethical products that are on the market. The music that we listen to, the clothes that we wear, the movies that we watch, and a whole list of other products that we consume in huge numbers. And think of all of the people who made money off of 9-11 propaganda and products.

The idea of ethics has been removed from capitalism.  Is it unethical to test animals for cosmetic products?  One side would say yes and one side would say no. Is it unethical to subject children to the moral decisions in the Hunger Games? Children being killed in front of audiences, and the ability to define when it is justifiable to kill a friend to be with your family are two moral dilemmas that are brought to the forefront of this series. But ethics are thrown out the window for entertainment.   

Even with the Trayvon Martin case there are tons of products on EBay that are being sold related to the issue. Are they morally correct because proceeds are going to the family, or to the defense?  

            Both sides are wrong, but the fact remains that a young black teenager lost his life, and there are tons of adults collecting money and cashing in. So of course there is going to be a white guy that takes it a step further, and cashes in as well by creating a paper target.

There is nothing stopping a person from making a paper target of a fat white guy in a NASCAR shirt. There is nothing stopping a person from making an application that allows for people to grow hemp and sell it. So morally we are fucked because capitalism is what drives our empire.

There are no morals, just dollars, and no sense. This is what we have come to. The black community can’t comment when they cash in on the same unethical practices. It is all fair in capitalism, and we wonder why our society is slowly destroying ourselves. I support capitalism, so I have to forget what is moral or unmoral too, I guess.