Reading the book "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, has really caused me to think about our society and what the media does to people on a regular basis. Everything is put out there for people to see on purpose. It's like it is all a game to those big corporate executives. Companies market out products and use advertisements that make people feel bad about themselves and they use those inseccurities to pry on people and sell their products. Because of course, those products are always the best ones to use to make yourself thinner, prettier, more outgoing, ect.
It isn't just marketing products that gets people, it is also the government. The government has been gaining more control over things over the years. For instance, the recently passed health care bill that forces everyone to pay health insurance. It sounds like a good idea but it just makes me wonder where do they get the authority to say that people have to have health insurance. Why, instead of making everyone pay it though taxes, doesn't the government just make the price of insurance lower so more people can afford it.
In all honesty, I am not really into politics. Reading "Fahrenheit 451" though made me feel like I should start paying more attention to it. It is probably people like me, that do not take part in what is going on in our country, that's the reason something like that would ever happen. I am starting to think that following what is going on and taking action and voting would be benifical. What goes on in our government and what they are trying to pass as law should be a concern for everyone.