Summary of 'well on the way to eradicating poverty.

This article talks about how poverty in Latin America is one of the biggest threats to democracy, and how in Chile poverty has decreased faster than anywhere else in Latin America. Chile is constantly investing in anti-poverty campaigns, telecommunications and infrastructure. The article also mentions their former president Pinochet and the Marxist government before him led by Salvador Allende. In Chile within 3 years poverty fell from 19.9 down to 12.3 in 2006, and even though there are still 2.2 million people living with less then 90$ a month, it is a great improvement since in other South American countries the poverty line is still up at 40% of the population. Chile is on its way to achieving a eradication of poverty.

what is Cool?

How can cool make up our social hierarchy, as being popular or un popular when part of the definition of cool means emotionally unaffected and/or lack of interest. It used to be that cool meant engaged and loud, being part of a movement against society. To rebel you need to be able too, scream out loud, say your point and stand up against all or most authority. How does the definition of cool fit now, because 40-50 years ago cool meant to be a rebel. Now cool is uninvolved and following mainstream. So I find cool has not changed but lost its definition.

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.

Sony and what do they own?

They own music,movies, TV, games and electronics.

Vaio

MicroVault

Playstation

Sony Ericsson

Sony BMG

Sony Wonder

Sony Pictures

Sony Online entertainment

Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451

Brave new world and Fahrenheit 451 both focus on dystopian societies and an individual protagonist that revolts against the beliefs of the New World.

In the book Brave New World the protagonists name is Bernard. He is an outcast in his society. The society he lives in is a oppressing and inhuman society. The government sets all people on a drug called soma that makes them forget about all free thoughts and provides religious experiences. The people around Bernard have no human feelings, this is a society where no love needed. Bernard is outraged and wants to revolt against the government.


In the other dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451 focuses on Guy Montag. He is a part of the firesquad, there squad is meant too burn all books. The government in this book is crazy since they are slaughtering freethinkers and because books encourage freethinking they burn all remaining books of the old system. Guy is starting to question all this nonsense because he read that firemen used to stop fires not evoke them.

Freedom Restrictions

Drugs are most restricted, ignoring the fact that since the beginning of humanity drugs have been a necessary "evil". Drugs have been considered dangerous, some are, some are less, some are made worse, and some are unrighteous banished or allowed. Humans are drug addicts if they want to believe it or not. Since all "daily" drugs are just as necessary as illegal drugs, if you think closer you will find that every person that drinks a coffee in the morning is dependent on that drug. This means, television, media and money, they are all drugs, but why are these not illegal, since they are just as dangerous as most illegal drugs. This is not just opinion, since people kill for money, media mentally brainwashes people, and video games make some people insane. The restrictions made on drugs are totally unnecessary, because it is just an excuse to blame crime, but we all know most politicians don't even care about crime because they do not experience it. It is outrageous that medication which can make you intoxicated, are socially accepted, as opposed to other drugs that are forbid by law. Since the beginning people have been using all kinds of drugs, the Greek, the Romans, the native Americans and many more have been taking use of drugs for rituals and other reasons. So it is fairly inhuman to forbid drugs, since they have been a gift to humanity if they are used right. So I suggest that we all learn the right usage instead of criminalizing drugs and their consumers.

Inspiration

This Poem was made by me because it was an assignment of our English teacher. Another reason was because I didn't know what to write and my inspiration was missing. As an artist I got pissed at myself and thought if I cannot feel any inspiration, then I will write about inspiration. Immediately I began writing and what I was trying to create was a type of guide how be inspired and how to create phrases for lyrics or poems. I am trying to challenge people to use all there creativity and emotions. I provide a goal that you can try to achieve when you do what the guide provides.
The form of this poem is a Villanelle and it has a rhyme scheme that goes: A B A A B A.
Enjoy this poem:
Inspiration

The source of inspiration is devotion
working day and night to drink and think
enjoy what you do when its the perfect portion

love to relax, floating on the ocean
Don't be wasting your time with a drink
The source of inspiration is devotion

Writing down thoughts and emotions
Challenging and hoping, get your mind to think
Create an impact and a flowing motion

Go a direction, write down some notions
try make some sense out of this ink
The source of inspiration is devotion

I want you too, in motion,
Be critical and find the missing link
It’s a gift, include your emotion

Meaning on paper, like skin and lotion
Line to line, word to word your able to link
The source of inspiration is devotion
enjoy what you do when its the perfect portion