Wake Up Bitches!

American culture today is fast paced and busy. Research and careful thought takes time we don’t have, and efforts we wish not exert. There are some people in the world that have to think hard about important things everyday "like, how will i eat today?", or "will my neighbor kill or rape me or someone I love today?'. Americans rarely even notice they have a feast 3 times a day. Instead of survival our minds are polluted with BS, like what happened on "Greys Anatomy" this week. Everyday life is designed to be fast and American’s average ability to think critically and reason appropriately is quickly eroding. Americans rely on the wrong sources for factual information; resulting in false data or clouded judgments and understandings of the world. Things that become popular in this country are often due to the influence of one or more well liked famous persons. The climate crisis is currently a hot issue, and right now everybody wants to be “green”. The problem is America lacks both the reasoning and critical thinking to establish truth from propaganda. The commitment, once the truth is found to actively solve the problem.
American people often forget that everyone has an agenda for taking up a cause, and publicly advocate support for that cause. Clever tactics like fear and slander are used to accomplish this penumbra, to divert the public’s attention from fallacies and cloud their ability to reason. Global warming is a prime example of the truth eluding the public. When American’s daily life is so comfortable and convenient their minds become lazy and as polluted as our environment is. The average American spends four hours a day watching TV. The majority of our awareness of the world around us is spoon fed by whoever appears on Television. When a problem like global warming arises; we are told how to feel and act by rock stars and movie actors. These high profile individual’s have some degree of fame, but not a degree in climatology. It’s important for Hollywood to lend support and take a stand on issues that matter, however, ignorance breeds on the bandwagon that follows; everyone wants to jump on for the wrong reasons.
Careful research would show that powerful money wielders, with their own agenda, fund both views on global warming. Companies like GE have invested revenue in renewable resources and carbon trading. If more federal restrictions placed on oil and fossil fuels, GE is one company that could take the lead in the energy market. On the other side, Exxon Mobil still relies on energy producing fossil fuels, if the restrictions are placed heavily on those resources Exxon Mobil stands to lose a large part of the energy market. With so much at stake for both companies, they have a need for their opinion to be expressed; whether the information they are contributing is entirely factual or not.
Although presently some Americans feel passionate about speaking out about global warming and the offenders that may have caused this tragedy, they lack a true commitment to making changes. In the “green” parade, Americans are willing to wear the t-shirt, but the tattoo is for somebody else. The Economist recently printed: “Climate change is fashionable, and although fashion has the virtue of being able to transform the dull and worthy into the hip and happening, it is by definition, transitory. Hollywood stars will probably get bored of their Priuses, and executives may become weary of mouthing green platitudes and move on to whatever branch of corporate social responsibility next catches the popular imagination.” It’s easy to blame the big companies for their crimes against the environment, but accepting that each one of us shares responsibility for our piece of the puzzle is too difficult to swallow. We can’t solve major problems buy flipping a switch, or watching the news. The little things need to be done, but it’s not enough. Get a tattoo. Make a true commitment. Read a book, petition your senators, make real changes in your energy consumption, and think for yourself.