Rebellion of a Martian Chapter 2

Why mass media make me angry?   The TV swallowers

a)     Specialists in Politics

 I abominate the blind obedience to TV, Internet or any other kind of technological manipulation of human thoughts, feelings, actions and dreams. I don’t know what is worse: the aggressive political talk-shows, the front pages of newspapers showing smashed bodies and having the most blood thirsty comments as headlines the empty, extremely colorful Turkish or Indian soap operas, the glam of the never-ending Musical show with Botoxed plastic dolls with false, ivory white teeth, silicone lips and artificial eyelashes, singing vulgar sugary love songs (that indeed speak of the most primitive sexuality), or the idiotic indoctrination of the American and European reality shows, whose participants yell at the audience with the most ordinary and rudimental language (full of grammar and style mistakes, by the way), attacking us with the ultimate fight or hard sex scenes, and saying: “Watch this! You must! You are a humble servant of the ideas that we disseminate through the world.” I still have courage to switch the TV off, to have my hobbies, friends, relatives, my walks, my good readings or my coffees with milk, or chocolate ice creams, and I must say that my stomach is too sensitive, making me vomit when somebody even mentions this kind of programs. However, I must warn those who are delighted by this trash, what kind of danger is hidden behind each of these friendly and normal appearances.  Beyond all this, my dear readers, is just a camouflaged and modernized Panem et Circenses. The aggressive political talk shows want to divert the people’s attention from the real problems in the lives of the audience. How so generous are all the politicians, especially before the elections, to promise golden castles, employment better salaries, lower taxes, reforms of health and educational systems, higher pensions, an absolute happiness for all, just to collect votes of the enraged mobs, sitting in front of their TVs and screaming: “Huraaaaaah!”  How so eloquent they are when visiting stables (and tenderly caressing cows, bulls, horses or even pigs) in using agricultural terms (of which they do not understand a word after the campaign) and committing their hearts and souls to the new agricultural reform, better outcomes of this year=s harvest, the increase of exportation, lower prices of the purchase of crops, the multiplication of livestock, the investment in small and median enterprises…

 Of, course, finished the elections, the dream of golden castles, the increase of the gross product, the incredible sales of fruit, vegetables and cattle, the Disneyland for all, and will never come true, but the hypnotized and enchanted mass will still exclaim: “Huraaaaah!”.  Having satisfied the daily need for illusions and simulacrum, the humiliated and the offended will search for another portion of politicians’ fervent speeches or television debates where they insult each other in the most uncivilized ways, swallowing hungrily every word and nodding their heads and repeating: “Yes, Mister Prime-Minister (President, Secretary, Deputy-Minister or whoever you are), you are right!” And not to speak of the world most powerful leaders who decide of destinies of millions of people. Only their “mighty-ranger-like” posture, speeches, gestures, wardrobe inspire fear, obsequiousness, wish to be a part of their shadows at least for a second. Idolizing them like Saviors, their mindless voters project on them all their secret wishes, all that they want to be, but what in real life are not: prestigious, important, famous, well-dressed, influenced… All pat on their shoulders… And, fixing their eyes on their posters or images coming from the screen as if they were icons from the Chilandar, hey, as all the humble mice will secretly laugh and happily say: “Well done! You responded him like a real man!”.

And the leaders, no matter if they are big colored Hypocrites allegedly promoting democracy worldwide, or Small Tyrants wanting to reestablish Soviet power or Narrow-minded Fools who fire ballistic missiles to intimidate the neighbor counties (and to disguise their own cowardice), try to transmit to the world the idea that they are the best and that after them, there will be no world. There is no dictator, tyrant, despot without being a coward. The History has proven that.  How stupid they are! They should know that the cemeteries are full of irreplaceable. Watching them, their weak voters try to compensate their own lack of masculinity or to increase their Tele Tubies intelligence, believe them blindly, wanting to be guided by them to the eternal glory.

When the loud political program (whose sound was even empowered by the always commanding remote control) is over, the hungry and angry mass will not think, at least for an hour of their debts, taxes to pay, loans for the flat and the car, the fees for their children’s University and the law salaries or pensions, and will go to sleep and dream of the same golden castles, the same increase of the gross product, of the same new employments, of the triplication of the livestock,  of the very desired better incomes… and when they awake, into the same gray reality of loneliness, poverty and emptiness, they will, anxiously switch the TV again, looking for another aggressive political talk-show of the day.