Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Story of Stuff - who talks the loudest?

It seems reasonable to say after watching the video, that 'money talks' is quite an accurate description of the current production scene. The corporations create a huge revenue for governments and are therefore pandered to.

However, the people (meaning the general populace) have a COLLECTIVE voice, which can only be heard when in big numbers. Governments realise that they need the people's votes, but those are only important collectively. The voice of an individual is not heard, but that of the masses are, and can create a bargaining power with governments and corporations.

It sometimes takes a few individuals to identify causes to stand for, to organise a campaign and then to get the masses on board to put the pressure on the decision makers.

This emphasises the power of UNITY.

1 comment:

  1. Yes unity generally works. Thats why unions work in the workforce. Conditions can be improved, pay equity,etc. But the 'cause' can be manipulated by the masses not always for the collective good.Thats why we need to have ethics or the want to be 'just'.Without goals with guidelines we open ourselves to be corrupted or coerced

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