2012 is actually ending and we are entering another new year: 2013. 2012 was sort of a clifhanger year because we had the Mayan calendar almost resetting and we have electionmania, which resulted that we wanted the same thing for the next four year. Actually, we are thinking that we are getting the same thing since 2011 and it is going to be working out. Obama is just the president and we have some Republicans in the house to water him down, making him not do much of anything and let the economy naturally recover on it's own. We are going to be pretty much the same for about the next 4 years and it looks like we are in a period of transition.
The world is transitioning if you think about it. For a while, everything was controlled by corporate media and everyone wanted to be rich. This has been going on since about the middle '80s til about 2009 or so. Now the rich is not going to be a big deal and we are not going to have a culture that was controlled by the rich.
We had Blockbuster movies and the Billboard charts dictating of what is cool and what is not cool. You just sucked up to whatever the Paris Hilton's of the day thinks is popular, whatever you like it or not. But that is not going to be coming anymore.
Now we have the internet and that is making pop culture fade away. Now pop culture is going to be controlled by people like me and you, and not a bunch of "rich snots" want. You got YouTube, which is the place where anyone can contribute to pop culture and it seems like you are starting to get popular icons from people that you can halfway relate to. You don't have to worship a billionaire celebrity anymore; you can worship someone that actually has zits and boyfriends just like anyone else. We are entering the world of amatuer entertainment and that is the true American dream. We are not all about the big house or the big car anymore; it is going to be about self expression, etc.
Justin Beiber is the way of the future. He is your actual do it yourself teen idol and he is from Canada, but it is the true American dream. This might show that Canada is freer than us.
That YouTube is the escape - way better than that crap that is on the big box controlled by a bunch of rich snots. I can't relate to these people and they are a fantasy. You can upload anything from cheesy cat videos that are 1 million times better than Kim Kardashians drama or some very polish, brilliant documentaries that are masterpieces. Some of the stuff on the YouTube world are modern classics already.
It is the world of the average joe and the average joe is going to be cool once again. But it is the idea that the average joe can show off what is truly special.
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