Futurism/Capitolism

I walked in on a philosophical conversation among friends no more than an hour ago. They were discussing how horrible the current state of the world is and how our human want for consumer goods was the thing to blame. Arguments were made that without without that need people could remain completely sustainable and be able to survive equally. Well sure, but that would be ignoring one very important human trait, Curiosity.

With the idea of futurism our view of the future will never be achieved, but it will always be sought after. It will always be different to the individual and that person has means to be progressive towards it in some way. No guarantees, as well it is constantly being hindered by things like a person's socioeconomic status for example. The evening factor in all of this is the currency unit. Yes people say it's the root of all evil, but it allows us to obtain the things we want.  It may be goods, information, power, but it's in the eye of the beholder. Even if they want to have the most honorable intentions with something like wildlife preservation for example. To help the tree's they have to study at a college to obtain information, which they pay for. All of this work and money to achieve a future that is a better planet. 

The person in the discussion stated that he was completely against the idea of capitalism. Claiming he was going to retreat into the woods someday and try to not be apart of it. Of course he woke up and went to school this morning. Paying into the system to go to school as well, went to a job to pay for school. By striping down this system and focusing only on our needs we would no longer be enjoying life, simply trying to survive it.

Mac, Charlie, Keen

If you're not familiar with the TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, simply stated it's a group of friends who run  a bar and get themselves into ridiculous situations with with stupid decisions. In the third season of the show "the gang" (as the group is referred to) finds two of it's member wanting to become local news reporters. Instead of simply quoting lines I figured I'd upload clips from the show it self. 

This first clip simply pokes fun at the contrasting views of the young and old. The young viewers are misguided in what they consider to be current events, but even state that no one gets their news from a newspaper anymore. This is obviously contrasted by the old man who believes that reading something like instyle is pointless when conventional news has always been given through newspapers.

Here after the constant suppression of free voice a citizen decides to rebel against the gatekeepers of the mainstream media. Even if his views are down right stupid he feels they must be broadcasted to the world and they decided to "make news". They feel that by themselves telling the news and bypassing the corporate gatekeepers they are finding real news. 

They are the nobel amateur that keen fears so much and they are displayed very stereotypically in Keen's sense as uneducated people with good intent and drastic consequences. They feel that having the access and ability to create and broadcast news makes them professional journalists. Even though the characters in the show barely completed high school.