Don't Want to Be An American Idiot!!

"Don't want to be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind **** America."

After watching the Miss Teen video, the song by Green Day "American Idiot" started making alot more sense to me. I finally realized what they ment and what their lyrics are all about. The lyrics are pretty much saying that our way of thought and the way we live now is all because of the media.

With their subliminal messages they have controled the world. Think about it.. we live in a world were Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are more important than politics. Ask anyone what happened to Paris recently and everyone will be able to tell you but im sure no one will be able to name atleast 4 people running for president in 2008.

We look up to being like Paris Hilton when in fact she has no college degree and barely even knows what a calculator looks like, let alone use it. The media has a huge influence in the way that we think and the things that we do.

Why is coach better? why do we like coke? Because of the media. The media tells us wats in and whats out. Without it we'd probrably be mindless zombies (more than we are already) because we'd have no one thinking for us. Its so much easier for others to tell you what you should wear and to eat than to actually think of it yourself.

How much does the media influence us? Alot ... Do you really think you would have the car that you do if it wasn't advertised in the middle of your favorite show. most likely not. I would be lying if I said that I was not affected by the media because I am. Im another american idiot who knows more about Teen gossip than the war in Iraq and the important things. We constantly have different bilboards and commercials and magazine adds giving us subliminal messages encouraging us to buy their product. We usually buy into it too!