Culture Shock

I've kinda had the blogging itch for a couple weeks, but never really acted on it. Laziness, perhaps.

Today, I was pushed over the edge.

In psychology, we were watching a Frontline special on "cool-chasing", which is the practice of large companies interviewing kids and conducting research to find out what modern teen culture is like. Why?

So they can profit off of it.

This wouldn't be too terrible, if it didn't come with one necessary side-effect: it destroys whatever culture/sub-culture it's emulating, like a fucking parasite. In other words, they don't give a fuck about destroying your way of life, your culture, and making it into a mass-produced shitpile of plastic goods from China. They're in it to make money. Your interests are irrelevant to them.

I'm not saying they should be relevant. But still. Fuck corporations that do this.

And another thing: why the fuck would anyone want to do away with the 2nd Amendment? I can't even imagine it. Aside from the short-term effect of increased crime (well sheeeiitt, he don't have a gun, let's rob his ass!), there's the fact that the government will be the only entity left with firearms. What the fuck does that signify?

It means we're at their mercy.

You might know of another example of a government that disarmed its people: Nazi Germany. That was the first step in the Final Solution. What can a disarmed people do? They are impotent, and they are ripe for genocide.

I am sorry, but I do not trust any government as being the sole bearer of deadly firepower.

Anyway, got some work to do on the bug-out bag, and I'm considering converting the AAA car bag I have to just that purpose.