Branded Society

We live in a branded society. Everything is owned, nothing is free. From the smallest to the largest aspects of our lives, the corporation is in control. We no longer pay for goods, but the brands which they are distributed by. A brilliant example of this is Apple, which is rapidly and constantly growing in size. On the whole, people do not buy music only ipods (such as the classic and nano) for the music capabilities, but for the fact that they then own an ipod. The small little self owned business era is gone, and the era of corporations, mass production, and branding has replaced it. Whatever we buy simply furthers the system and the cycle continues endlessly with people not even needing what they buy, simply buying it because they feel compelled to. How long with things last like this before people realize the needless excess they are living in, and how it is destroying their lives

A short expression

This isn't really an attempt at poetry, more just some words that seemed to fit what i wanted to say. anyway, hope its readable.

Our society is sick
The world is screaming
Yet we are oblivious

We consume endlessly
Without thought or cause
Until even our hope has been destroyed

We no longer know who we are
We are simply cogs of a giant machine

No one questions
No one thinks
Our minds are blind to the truth

With each dawn, we all die a little more
We know not why
But we can all feel it

Change is choked by fear
The future clouded by blackened skies

The land cries out
But we cannot hear
We are deaf to ourselves

The cycle is constant
Our thoughts irrelevant
Ununited we are led across the land
Into the grave we so happily dug

The Beginning

I suppose i have created this blog not in the hope that others would read it, but more to order my thoughts and inward conflicts. The need for this stems from the recent conclusion of mine that the modern, western society in which i live is very, very sick. All i watch day in day out is people consume endlessly and needlessly. And it sickens me. Life should not be about the amount of wealth you accumulate or the number of things you own.

I am hoping that by creating this blog i will be able to come to further conclusions within myself strengthening my resolve against consumer culture. I of course would be delighted for any views/followers/anything of this nature, though i in no way anticipate or expect this.

Its time for people to start being shown the truth, and the horror that they have created in the world. Change in imminent. The only factor is time.