According to ’Empire of Illusion’‚ Chris Hedges states‚ “The most essential skill in political theater and a consumer culture is artifice” (prompt). Artifice‚ in other words‚ deception‚ which is used by several individuals in their daily lives. Artifice is a characteristic that politicians thrive off of day in and day out. Politicians look to have a story that causes them to connect with citizens. Most of the time these stories are not exactly true‚ but do help the politician receive an abundance
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A kangaroo bounds across the rusty-red windswept outback; the setting sun‚ glowing a brilliant red‚ casts a shadow that grows longer and longer as the kangaroo continues on it path. This iconic picture of Australia is used across the world to promote the country. Compare this image to the image of the Midwest; rows of corn that stretch for as far as the eye can see‚ with an occasional deer running from field to field across the small country roads. These descriptions paint a picture of both countries
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here to stay. If people can’t meet the standard of society and the law‚ they shouldn’t be able to vote. If ex-felons couldn’t follow the law‚ they can’t make the law for everyone else. People who run the United States including President Donald J. Trump do not believe that ex-felons should have the right to vote. In President Trump’s own words‚ “They’re giving 200‚000 people that have been convicted of heinous crimes‚ horrible crimes‚ the worst crimes‚ the right to vote.
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Ironically when the people’s voice is heard‚ it causes a problem with our democracy. Donald Trump would be another great example of distraction. The media has focus on all his bigotry and racist remarks‚ that has clouded any form of actual importance. Going back to the political cartoon that you brought up in class‚ Trump coverage is more “interesting” than Bernie Sanders. As a downfall of the media attention of Trump‚ it has led for more people to buy in and act on their discrimination and
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Many businesses will spend millions of dollars creating and presenting an advertisement about their product. The debt they pay out to create these promotions will pay off‚ in the long run‚ making them enormous amounts of money. The designers of these advertisements strive to influence consumers to purchase their goods. Without commercials or magazine articles promoting their merchandise‚ many of the items would go unnoticed. However‚ advertising does not only advance their products‚ but it also plays
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Freedom What is freedom? To me freedom is the ability to do and think as you please but only to a certain extent.? We have certain barriers in place for our own safety as individuals or as a nation itself. The fact that we have freedom is a gift itself we can have certain ability?s to freely choose paths in life.? In the article ?Learned Hands I am an American Day Address? it states that we seek liberty and freedom from oppression‚ want and freedom from ourselves thus furthermore making our desire
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current predicament is the latest to show that. Rausch in his article calls for us to return to establishment politics. Rausch believes the chronic decline in our current political system long predates the 2016 presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. And after 10 rough months of watching the spectacle unfold‚ we finally have a diagnosis that Rausch presented and it is called chaos syndrome. Rausch explains how we got here in short‚ by weakening entities that historically held
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most fail to understand is the value of losing and the way it can teach us more about ourselves and how we can improve. Losing helps us to understand and evaluate our weaknesses‚ and learn from them. From this‚ we can get better and try again. Donald Trump was quoted as saying‚ “Sometimes by losing a battle‚ you find a new way to win the war.” As human beings‚ we are driven to succeed and accomplish the things we want. When someone doesn’t do as well as they’d hoped‚ it lights a fire in them‚ makes
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have been closely together in this day and age. Strikes‚ marches‚ boycotts‚ and revolts are things that happen often in this world. A recent example is the Women’s March‚ which occurred nation wide on January 21st‚ 2017‚ due to the election of Donald Trump. "Perfection is not attainable‚ but if we chase perfection‚ we can catch excellence"‚ a quote by Vince Lombardi. Of course‚ we all know‚ that no government is perfect. Every government will have flaws. It is this‚ that keeps the world spinning
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election of Donald Trump. I think it caused a lot of people to really look at everything and think how it was going to affect them. Personally‚ it made me look at myself and made me think about my future. I tried to think positively and that it’s only four years and how much can he really change in that time. It made me think about my friends who feel that they will be attacked or targeted by the new president. While I don’t know if my perspective changed because I’ve never supported Trump‚ or any of his
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