Montag, 14. September 2009

How can you rebel in a society where everything is pre-packaged?

In our society today everything is pre-packaged, made ready for it to be sold to the individual, once it is sold the individual has become general. Through globalization and worldwide companies we get lost in society and everybody is starting to become the same. We need to smash these businesses to regain our identity, our individuality, we are supposed to get involved, not have everything shoved down our throats. The only way to fight this oppression of brands is to avoid buying their products. Go for the least mainstream products, don't support millionaires with more wealth and think outside the box, outside of what for teenage built media. The teen media is what is responsible for building a more and more homogeneous population.
What the media does is, interview popular people and then they develop a product and sell it as new and cool. A big part of western society is dependant and controlled by this media and products, they make who each group of individuals are. The way to rebel is either too reach back to old products or to be really "uncool" and not buy all these new media influenced mainstream products.
Another way of rebelling is, braking laws and going against authorities. One of the problems with rebelling is the danger of being fined or charged for a crime. In our society we are all controlled, I think were like lab rats, in this example the government and media are the scientists and the people are the rats. It’s like they throw in different toys and then try to find which is the most popular among the rats.
To rebel you have to always stay one step ahead of the media and government control, some rebellious artists master the beginning of becoming a rebel. Sadly the media adopts and makes these artists mainstream where they have lost their status of rebellion. As you see these days the media has developed a system of which the main businesses of mainstream media controls nearly everybody. The way to stay rebellious against these companies is just to reject all their new products and music. Try to reach back to past decades like the 60s when the peace movements and the term teenager was made just a few years earlier. Rebellion was the biggest part of cool then, and to stay rebellious now, you need to reject all media influence and ignore all government control.
Stay rebellious and be aware of the constant manipulation surrounding your daily lives.

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