Silver Donald Cameron's Lecture Analysis

During the lecture by Silver Donald Cameron, I was introduced to the problem our society faces with power and entitlement. This issue was not obvious to me at first but once I listened to the educational lecture on society and our environment it was clear to me that power overrules our health and our environment. Power is defined as “legal ability, capacity, or authority” (Dictionary . com), the key word in this definition being authority which is what effects our society and our environment so negatively. The government is the example of authority in Silvers lecture and their inability to listen to others needs, this is what is killing our environment and as I also learned the Government is slowly killing me.

Sociologist spend an enormous amount of time researching authority and easily point out the obvious issues with it, this is why my Sociology 101 class spent most of our lectures talking about power and the dangers it has on our health. Silver Donald Cameron’s lecture helped prove this by showing that the government, one …show more content…
Without a healthy planet we will lose our population, and without a population we will no longer have “power” and authority overruling peoples rights to live in the healthiest way possible. The government needs to step down from their tower of power and listen to what Canadians are saying, the reason we elected them was to help us not ignore us. Without the right to a healthy life we will be facing more health issues and more sudden deaths which will put a higher demand on health care. Either way, I learned that if the issue is not fixed soon the Government cannot ignore the health of their population, it is almost impossible. It is time the government takes a stand and worries about the health of the population instead of whats right for