Pop Goes The Culture

 I am beyond done with commercialism and pop culture. Don’t get me wrong, I still go shopping, I still listen to music and turn on the TV. I am tired of the two working in synergy with one another to work people over. I am sick of seeing people being driven to “look a certain way” or “be seen in certain things” in order to be acceptable. You have to eat “certain things” in “certain places” to be seen as “someone”. If you don’t conform you are relegated to the so called fringes of society. I am so appalled by some of the behavior I see in people that at times I have difficulty wanting to deal with anyone. That is impossible though, especially knowing I have to engage people in order to be helpful. I wonder if people ever consider what the Father would say about our dress, or the cars we drive, or the food we eat. Would it matter to him? Its about whats on the inside. 

   Back to my ire. The inside is exactly what commercialism and pop culture attack. They have to in order to gain “control”. If corporations and pop stars could not gain “control” they couldn’t sway you to buy their product. There is so much money at stake that destroying people from the inside using the outside is justified( with manufactured food we are literally destroying ourselves from inside out). Lets face it , we are social creatures, we desire acceptance. Humans can be lazy, shallow and superficial, most corporations and pop stars know this and prey upon it. I am sure at one point or another corporations and pop stars have good intentions, but when they see the money, they fall under the moneys control.It really is a “human” thing.

    All of what I have written is not justification for not participating in society, actually it is justification to engage people harder so they can find the truth themselves. I believe people who recognize destructive behaviors, trends or patterns in society should engage people, inform them, give them facts, offer an opinion, point out the obvious and be gracious about it, just don’t capitulate, you have a duty to your fellow man. If you help someone see clearly they will have the ability to guide themselves. When we see clearly we make better decisions, then we can help others.

Most pop stars and corporations only help people for tax relief. Expecting help from the greedy is counterintuitive anyway. I am sure many would say seeing clearly is “subjective”. Those would probably be the same people who feel the truth is “relative”. You might have an argument, but that would be with someone else, not me.