Mar 23, 2006 19:32
So we're talking in my class about how media messages affect classroom management...and it gets pointed out that our society wants everything now, it's a consumer culture, etc.
And here's what I think we need to do: (this was my reply)
I think what we have to do is get rather communist. No newspaper, TV news program, or other media outlet is allowed to be run by a business. If necessary, we get the government to fund them.
That way, we get our media back from the slaves of ratings, advertising, and profit.
Next, we get our government back from businesses by giving each candidate a set figure and not allowing any other money to be spent. The penalty for infractions will be in votes.
I think that freeing ourselves from corporations that exploit us at every turn is what we need to do. We're taught from birth to death to buy, spend, consume, and go into debt, like Gabrielle said.
Power should go to the people, not the stockholders.