Modern Media: Sex Sells

Here is the verdict, attractive women suffer from self esteem issues, young adult males are spewing with hormones, teenage girls have the sex drive of a cat in heat.
This is modern society.

Why is it that over the past fifty years, sex drive has progressively affected younger people? Let me answer that with another question: how easy is it to access sexual content today?

Cellular phones, television, music, movies, magazines, books, comics, junk mail, newspapers, and computers, can contain sexual content. Have you ever heard of the term “Sex Sells"? This is used by advertisement creators when designing ads directed toward men.

Dating Sites
I recently saw an E-Harmony ad in which a supposed husband and wife begin to make out, and then the old guy chimes in and talks about the lasting marriages E-Harmony creates. Why do I need two people passionately kissing to advertise that E-Harmony is the dating site to go to?

Food Adverts
Why would a self conscious, low self esteemic model eat a greasy cheese burger? No. Would you (young male) eat a burger that a beautiful woman was eating? Kind of silly if you think about it. “I'm going to eat a burger because a scandalously dressed woman is."

Now you may be asking me, “Lucas, how do I protect myself from the sex filled advertisements?" Frankly, move to a place where even the U.S. government can't find you. We are surrounded by visual and subliminal sexual messages. It is nearly impossible to avoid the “Sex Sells" of our visual society. The only way to stay away from these adverts is to watch pre-80's shows and movies... on Netflix.

Outsourcing Kills!!

           Have you ever wondered why jobs are being cut and factories being shut down all over the U.S, or why everything is "made in China"? One word can describe this, outsourcing. Outsourcing is less expensive than having to pay American workers $8.15 an hour, because countries like China, Taiwan, India, Etc., accept less pay because the U.S. dollar is worth more in their countries. But if it is better for companies to outsource, is it better for the U.S.? I believe it is not, outsourcing is not creating jobs in America, in turn it is ruining our economy.

            There is a large list of companies that started in America then outsourced because it was cheaper. Some big company names are Wal-Mart, Schwinn, and various other toy and electronic producers. But cutting jobs in America and outsourcing to China may be in expensive but it is not better. Cutting jobs in America lowers the amount of workers, who are tax payers, who input money into the economy, therefore lowering the worth of the U.S. dollar and raising the overall national debt.

            Franklin D. Roosevelt once improved the American morale when there was the Great Depression. He created jobs that didn't pay much, but it was money which the American people lacked and the simple jobs gave them hope. Nowadays, we are cutting America jobs and sending them to China, India, Taiwan, etc., severely destroying the American morale, which FDR built up. Why do we choose countries like China? Well, it is simple China, a Communist country, has a "fixed economy," meaning no matter how much debt they owe, the worth of their currency stays the same. Technically this is illegal for the global economy, but companies, like Wal-Mart, find it desirable. Now let me ask you, are we, as the working class, supposed to move to China and get a decent job? The answer is, no, we must fight for our country, our economy, and our freedom.

            But outsourcing isn't completely unjustified. Outsourced companies still contribute to the economy by paying taxes, a decent amount too. Also China, having a cheaper work labor, allows prices to be low. That is one reason why people find Wal-Mart desirable, because of their amazingly low prices. The real reason why Wal-Mart is successful is their "no-demand" system. They have a computer system that tracks what is bought so they can order that item or items. Say you order five Snickers bars, Wal-Mart will order five Snickers bars. This system makes it so there is no supply or demand, this system is very desirable among other corporations all across the world. But the outsourced company’s tax input is not enough to compensate for the American workers who were laid off.

            Therefore, it is my sincere belief that it may be cheaper to outsource but it is not always better. Outsourcing lowers the amount of tax payers, raising the U.S. debt and lowering the worth of the U.S. currency. The American morale is being diminished by outsourcing and job cuts; the economy is receiving the blow of job cuts too. Would you want to see "Made in China" written on every product you buy, or would you rather be assured by the "Made in the U.S." badge?

Imminent WWIII? Maybe...

I've had a theory of WWIII for some time now. It's kind of a conspiracy (sort of), well here it is:


     In the first "Great Depression" FDR use his "New Deal" as a way to improve the morale of the American people, but it was ineffective in bring the economy up, but it was in fact WWII that brought it up. What happened? Well you know the saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"? Well with what was happening in Europe, we had to help somehow, and we eventually did. Pearl Harbor was attacked, destroying many ships, and many more lives. We needed workers and fast. We finally had jobs. We rebuilt the Navy in record time surprising the Japanese, the news passed onto the Germans and they declared war on the US thus starting WWII. Now my theory is: to get out of our recession (soon to be depression) we must start a World War. This will create more jobs.
      Now, you might be asking yourself, "how did more jobs bring us out of the depression?" Well, the more jobs, the more tax payers inputting money into the economy bringing up the national debt. Nowadays the problem is outsourcing because it is cheaper... But that's a whole other topic.