So, this weekend between NCAA and NFL football, I was watching my share of local television stations. I couldn't help but notice just about every other commercial was some pathetically run, dirt slinging ad, trying to stir up negative emotions within the viewer in an attempt to have them vote against the other party. Election season flat out sucks. I can basically recite the words to all of them (along with Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon's trailer for Hereafter because those are running the other fifty percent of the time). Not only does this prove I watch a pathetic amount of TV, but it also gets me upset at the state of politics in America.
What especially bothers me is the schools. More often than not, the class is only exposed to the views of the teacher, and never the opposing side. I noticed this while I was in class the other day, and the teacher showed us the video "The Story of Stuff". Not only was I appalled that she had the nerve to show us this utter nonsense, but I couldn't believe how she had convinced herself, along with just about everyone else in the class, that this video was the truth. Every time someone refuted what was said in the video, she replied with something along the lines of "how do you know it's not true?" Well, you're the teacher, you should be prepared to defend what you believe. It's kind of a cop-out to reply like that, isn't it?
Another thing that bothers me is when people (usually liberals) defend the unions, especially the teachers union. I know from experience, especially in sports, competition, whether internal or external, is essential. You will never show improvement at something if you are never pushed to achieve your best. Why is it, that the best athletes tend to come from the poorest, most run-down, cities, where there are many families who desperately need their children to make it big so they can one day get out of the state in which they're in. There are so many people pushing to get the same thing, and there is extreme competition to get there. They push each other, and they all improve because in order to get what they want, they have no other choice but to compete.
Competition is what pushes people to do great things. It is the fundamentals of capitalism, having businesses compete to manufacture the best products at the cheapest prices so they can compete for the highest values to the consumers. This competition is what breeds new, innovative ideas, and drives people to do their best work. If the competition isn't there, nobody would push themselves to do their best, as they can just settle for "good enough". In this capitalist system, if you're not working hard, somebody else is, and if you're not pushing to do your best, again, somebody else is. In order to stay competitive and keep your business relevant, you need to be continually coming up with new things. This would not happen without the competition in which capitalism creates, and our society as we know it would crumble to the ground if these "educators" get what they want and brainwash young ones into thinking capitalism is the enemy.
God Bless America, because God knows we need it.
For those interested, which I'm sure isn't many, here you can watch the "Story of Stuff"
And here is the link to the critiqued version, the version which corrects the facts listed in the first one,
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