they say... i say

Everyone hears about America being the land of the oppurtunity. Everyone wants to come here to better themselves and thier situation. But even though no has ever said it, it appears to me that this idea about America comes with price. A lot of countries (I am not entirely sure if this till is the case) view America as the land of milk and honey. But this country sometimes seems to be as close to this ideal as Egypt was right before huge bodies of water were coming apart to faciliatate the process of moving.

It is very easy to get caught up in the message that is present within in these words. What is not so easy is seeing the message that seems to be apparrent behind them. In the "The land of oppurtunity" message it is easy to see how the words can be viewed in two different way.They say to come work here and get paid, and then your life will get better. The work starts and simultaneously the dream starts to become true. As dreams are coming to fruitition you notice you are spending a lot of money to fertilize these dreams and make them grow to everything you want them to be. More work is necessary to get new things, credit gets involved, and then eventually slavery starts taking shape in the form of debt management and your dire reliance on the job that you hold, until finally the dream turns into a nightmare that makes waking up that much worse.

It is easy to see how Language can take the advantage of what people desire. Language can be the wolf in sheeps clothing for some. this is example is just one extreme. Of course some people can manage to pull themselves out of ruts and come out of the other side with nothing but riches or seriously just make that dream come true and have no idea about what a nightmare is. Then there are some who avoid bad situations like this altogether, but it it makes me question whether or not these people live in fear. Its a very thin line between frugality and fear.

It is important to be attentive about the kind of messages that are delivered regularly to the masses. it is imperitive that the listener knows what is behind these words and especially who it is that is delivering them and what they are trying to achieve. Only the strong survive. The wolves eat the sheep. But the wolves are quite full of themselves. They don't know that some shepards nowadays come well versed in the art self defense. Know that some words try to pull wool over the eyes.

This is just an example of how language can be used to inspire something in us. When it comes to the really visceral topics, its usually hot or cold. You either like it or you don't. Language can be molded in way to that plays to either side. Hear this! and do with it what you want.