Chains on Our Minds
This generation is different from the generations in the past. Many things have changed over the years such as politics, phones, computers, and the internet - basically, technology as a whole. This present generation are like the people chained to the cave in Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave. In the story, prisoners are trapped in a cave and do not know real things like animals, trees and the sun. They are only used to the shadows that are displayed on the wall that is controlled by the puppeteers. One of the prisoners eventually escapes, and is amazed to see the real objects compared to the two dimensional figures on the wall. Plato writes, “What he saw before was an illusion, but that now, when he is approaching near to …show more content…
They use them for everything: to make phone calls, send emails, take photos, get directions, store information, surf the Web, and play games. Essentially, this made mobile phones perfect for tracking and bugging. The government can now gather information of U.S. citizens and permanent residents by the things that they use on a day-to-day basis. This includes using GPS systems, the internet, and public cameras. Instead of using a map like the older generations have used, they created portable GPS systems as a faster and more effective way to get directions. In the past, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) were made for military use, for navigational purposes, in the 1960’s. According to an article on the wordpress.com “In 2004, President Bush ensured the availability and accessibility of personal GPS units when he issued a policy that would ensure that civilian GPS would be free of direct user fees”. Soon after, in 2005, the first modernized GPS satellite was launched. Now, GPS’s are automatically programed into smartphones and are built into some cars. They are easy to buy from stores like Walmart, Radio Shack, Target, and Best Buy, just to name a few. According to Kenneth Coats of the Huffington Post, “GPS is a governmentally funded product that can provide real-time tracking of your movements”. The government manipulates the people anyway they can by letting them believe …show more content…
A large number of people are intrigued by social media sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Gossip blogs. A majority of people have the latest devices like smart phones, tablets, smart watches and computers. As a result of the way technology is working now, social media is just a click or tap away, with millions of people exploring those sites daily. Like domestic civilians, politicians also use social media for their own benefit and legislation. They use social networking sites like Facebook, but especially, Twitter, to promote their campaign as a marketing strategy, in order to get more votes. “The use of social media in today’s campaign is not only important – it is critical” says Hubert “Sonny” Massey, a business instructor and advisor of South University of Savannah. Donald Trump has millions of followers on Facebook, Twitter, Vine and
This generation is different from the generations in the past. Many things have changed over the years such as politics, phones, computers, and the internet - basically, technology as a whole. This present generation are like the people chained to the cave in Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave. In the story, prisoners are trapped in a cave and do not know real things like animals, trees and the sun. They are only used to the shadows that are displayed on the wall that is controlled by the puppeteers. One of the prisoners eventually escapes, and is amazed to see the real objects compared to the two dimensional figures on the wall. Plato writes, “What he saw before was an illusion, but that now, when he is approaching near to …show more content…
They use them for everything: to make phone calls, send emails, take photos, get directions, store information, surf the Web, and play games. Essentially, this made mobile phones perfect for tracking and bugging. The government can now gather information of U.S. citizens and permanent residents by the things that they use on a day-to-day basis. This includes using GPS systems, the internet, and public cameras. Instead of using a map like the older generations have used, they created portable GPS systems as a faster and more effective way to get directions. In the past, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) were made for military use, for navigational purposes, in the 1960’s. According to an article on the wordpress.com “In 2004, President Bush ensured the availability and accessibility of personal GPS units when he issued a policy that would ensure that civilian GPS would be free of direct user fees”. Soon after, in 2005, the first modernized GPS satellite was launched. Now, GPS’s are automatically programed into smartphones and are built into some cars. They are easy to buy from stores like Walmart, Radio Shack, Target, and Best Buy, just to name a few. According to Kenneth Coats of the Huffington Post, “GPS is a governmentally funded product that can provide real-time tracking of your movements”. The government manipulates the people anyway they can by letting them believe …show more content…
A large number of people are intrigued by social media sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Gossip blogs. A majority of people have the latest devices like smart phones, tablets, smart watches and computers. As a result of the way technology is working now, social media is just a click or tap away, with millions of people exploring those sites daily. Like domestic civilians, politicians also use social media for their own benefit and legislation. They use social networking sites like Facebook, but especially, Twitter, to promote their campaign as a marketing strategy, in order to get more votes. “The use of social media in today’s campaign is not only important – it is critical” says Hubert “Sonny” Massey, a business instructor and advisor of South University of Savannah. Donald Trump has millions of followers on Facebook, Twitter, Vine and