Government - #101 - #63 - Spare the rod, spoil the future

“How do you get young people interested “in” anything that’s not physical or emotional”?

There are people in the U.S. that are experts in advertising…judging what the public is interested in or what the “public” wants. The most affluent (that spend the most money) is supposed to be the age group between 16 and 32. This is supposed to be the age group that is the most materialistic (that has the most money to spend). Most every commercial outlet wants to be addressing this group.

What is supposed to be the age group that thinks the least, that debates the important issues of today (like: will the U.S. survive in its present form if they are attacked by the revolutionary wing of the Islamists or can we afford to help everyone today to achieve what’s already part of America, etc.) This group, singularly, needs the information to begin to debate or just talk about “the alternatives”.

This is the group which is the loudest. This is the group which “demonstrates”! This is the group with the “least” information on the “What ifs” of society. This is the group that has the least “living” experience. This is the group that more or less has only one agenda. (i.e. abortion, green peace, gender, race, etc.) This is the group that may influence the policies of the U.S.!

With all the “experts” in advertising in the U.S., the media, and the so-called politicians and pundits; one would think there was a successful way to start debates on what is really important. (the economy, employment, family values, etc.) Today we are filled with Brittany, Jackson, O. J. Simpson (Orange Juice), local murders and police chases, etc. What is the way to change the dialogue? Or, is there a way? (from the more physical to the more “intellectual”?)

Could it be that America has changed? It no longer is interested in the plights of the unfortunates in the world. It refuses to identify those that take financial advantage of emergencies and adequately punish them. Instead, it fills the void in people’s lives with the trivia that excites them, the unimportant things that temporarily interest them.

The media gives what the public “wants” or the general public is “interested in”!

Remember: "Spare the rod, spoil the future...."

Is this the best the U.S. has to offer?
How do we influence this “change”?
Do we really want America to survive in its present form?