We all like to believe our
government is absolutely amongst the more successful in the world, this in
theory also states we believe it is as free of corruption as possible. Sadly
this is absolutely false, and thanks to wealth thirsty corporations and individuals,
they have managed to make this corruption absolutely legal, thanks to Super
PACs supported by the great Citizen’s United. Some credit is due to these
group, they brilliantly convinced the Supreme Court into voting that
Corporations are in fact people, therefor should have all equal rights such as
freedom of speech. This allowed corporations to support whichever political
candidate they choose, with no cap to their spending.
This in fact was a great
win for corporate America; they could now with out having to disclose it,
invest tremendous amounts of money into their candidates, therefor eventually
having manipulating power over them once they had won their elections. The
people who support corporate free speech, insist that this Super PACs are good
for democracy, they argue candidates whom wouldn’t stand a chance against
better supported candidates, would now have an equal chance of running against
them. These supporters also see this as an opportunity, to further spread
information to voters, both about their candidates as well as the wrong doings
of others. In general these supporters believe that these corporations as being
legal pronounced as people, should have the capability to support whichever
political party or person as they please.
On the opposing side we
have a more liberal view, this people believe that we have lost all control of
the government with the approval of these Super PACs. The argument being
supported that by allowing corporations to spend as much money as they wish;
the common persons voice is crumpled by the voice of the corporations.
Furthermore they argue, that because the motives of corporations are influenced
by the desire of extreme profit, their values drastically are unlike those of
the citizens.
In my personal view, I
believe these Super PACs have opened the doors for what I label as legal
corruption. It's to no surprise these corporations are spending ridiculous
amounts of money in bashful advertising, so that they can get candidates
elected who will approve and help their private agendas run undisrupted. They
manipulate the media whom they most likely also run, into making us believe
their candidates are what we need, and those who wouldn’t support them, are as
bad as the devil. Then, the majority of America beliefs what they see and give
away their votes to these candidates. Finally these candidates are victorious,
sit behind a desk and write up legislations that in some cases, tremendously
help the corporations, and in result hurt the citizens. I don’t know about you,
but in my eyes this scam has corruption written all over it.
Andres,
ReplyDeleteGood post. I think that you've captured the essence of the topic, but now it's time to ramp it up with more research and facts.
You're writing is good, but there are a few minor grammatical errors. See if you can spot them (pronoun use).
Your design is great, and I like the images you chose. Very compelling.
You write about each standpoint very well, but try to infuse facts (quotes, statistics) from the readings and videos, so that your explanation is strengthened by the opinions of other writers, statistics that prove your point, etc.
These facts are what will really convince your reader. Not just your opinion. And your analysis needs to prove to the reader that you are right. You can do that will strong language (propaganda), or you can do that with facts (eduction).
Lastly, try not to self-reference in your writing. Omit the word "I", and just make more objective statements.
Instead of "I believe SuperPACS...", just write: "SuperPACS have opened the door". See?
Overall, you have a good foundation and structure. Now infuse lots of facts into each paragraph, to prove that you fully understand the facts surrounding these issues.
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