Political Inflations?

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

​     Economics defines inflation as a "sustained increase in the general price level of goods and serves in an economy over a period of time" ("Inflation," n.d.). Inflation reveals that the price of goods and services increase, decreasing one's purchasing power. In a similar way we can think about media, media stories and actual news. Where there are actual stories, that we can categorize as raw / new / primary sources, in comparison to the news that is actually viewed through news broadcasts, news / media outlets. These are often paid for by corporations to sew the seeds within the public / mass public. As described in earlier writings: to mold or sway public views, opinions, and to also inflate the news / views to something more that it actually is. Exactly as the price of goods that increase, and valued more through time.

     To further this idea - we can take examples of immigration, border crisis, gang violence that takes place at the U.S.'s southern border. News media promote fear to mimic the messages that are sent on behalf of the Government of the Day. The same can also be said for Government oppositions, and those who are not in favour, or not in favour, of who gets to hold a certain amount of power. A current example is Nancy Pelosi's announcement for impeachment. For an actual process to begin there must be a certain amount of votes, in favour for impeachment. But what's interesting about this announcement is the timing. The timing was absolutely off. But we can also see why, it was to sway the publics attention, and news media attention, away from the important function of the Government. In this case we can say, the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Where the U. S. President Donald Trump delivered the U.S. speech. The agreement or disagreement of the speech is beside the point here, but what is the point is that: instead of putting forth a united front within party politics, the democrats split with the announcement for impeachment. Inevitably news media / talks moved from focusing on what the USA had offered at the 74th UNGA, to hearing the many views, and justifications as to why there was a call for this move. These thoughts are an example of inflated news or the creation of "anti-state phenomena based on media spectacle" (Correa-Cabrera, Garrett & Keck, 2014). 

     Moves such as this can be termed as the under siege of a nation. Opposition continuously blocks the good, to portray negativity, or in this case gossip, "he said, she said" politics. I think that it is fair to say that Democrats have justified themselves as the real dividers of a nation; who don't want to work towards solving the real issues, such as taking a humanitarian and security response at the U.S. souther border, providing a constructive response to the UNGA speech, and even a unified front as world leaders arrive in America: the host nation of the 74th UNGA.  Maybe impeachment or any other inquiry is relevant for the purposes of a checks and balancing system? However, the timing reveals the vicious intentions to serve as dividers.

Further Resources:

*Fox News: Trump speaks at 74th Session of the UN General Assembly. 

*ABC News: Pelosi announces Trump impeachment Inquiry

References:

Correa-Cabrera, Garrett & Keck. (2014). Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for U.S.-Mexico Border Relations and Governance. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea deEstudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe. 96, (2014), 35-53.

Foucault, Mich. (2008) The Birth of Biopolitics. (Burchall, G., Trans.). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Inflation. (n. d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved September 26th, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation 

My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :)

Notes: These thoughts were originally hand-written on September 26th, 2019.
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