I remember a time when plastics were a novelty and then came a time when they were the in thing. Now we are surrounded and becoming buried in the stuff. Things that once were of aesthetic value have been replaced by plastic that has no real value at all.
We live in a counterfeit world, often glued to TV, through which we are bombarded with information, much of which is pure propaganda, generated by the media owners and backers. We become absorbed by programs that allow us to experience vicariously, fake plastic lives. Our politicians, under the glare of the media, cannot speak freely and so adopt personalities that they believe will be acceptable. We live in a world where appearance is everything. Cosmetics industries are vast and we probably spend more on our appearances than we do on health. Women in particular are pressurised into being something that they are not. No-one enjoys getting old, but the cost of preventing the appearance of waging escalates and some will stop at nothing to ward off the ravages of time. Breast implants, botox treatments, and enhancements of virtually every body part are available at a cost and I won't even start on clothing.
Images in magazines are often photoshopped, enabling anyone to shed years with a few pixel manipulations. Make up and hair treatments also mask what really lies beneath, to the extent that we cannot believe anything that we see.
Political campaigns are base on anything but the truth. The truth seems to be whatever a political party wants it to be. The recent referendum was an example of this, the successful side basing their drive on fear and a hatred of foreigners. It worked.
Plastics are made from oil and as such contain a lot of carbon. This is effectively sequestered for decades, if not centuries as most are not easily degraded. The oceans are riddled with the waste plastic that we don't have the wits to deal with properly and so wildlife suffers. In turn we will suffer but it seems that most people couldn't care less. We are taught to consume, and to live for the day, to put on fake faces and to ignore reality. We do so at our peril.
We live in a counterfeit world, often glued to TV, through which we are bombarded with information, much of which is pure propaganda, generated by the media owners and backers. We become absorbed by programs that allow us to experience vicariously, fake plastic lives. Our politicians, under the glare of the media, cannot speak freely and so adopt personalities that they believe will be acceptable. We live in a world where appearance is everything. Cosmetics industries are vast and we probably spend more on our appearances than we do on health. Women in particular are pressurised into being something that they are not. No-one enjoys getting old, but the cost of preventing the appearance of waging escalates and some will stop at nothing to ward off the ravages of time. Breast implants, botox treatments, and enhancements of virtually every body part are available at a cost and I won't even start on clothing.
Images in magazines are often photoshopped, enabling anyone to shed years with a few pixel manipulations. Make up and hair treatments also mask what really lies beneath, to the extent that we cannot believe anything that we see.
Political campaigns are base on anything but the truth. The truth seems to be whatever a political party wants it to be. The recent referendum was an example of this, the successful side basing their drive on fear and a hatred of foreigners. It worked.
Plastics are made from oil and as such contain a lot of carbon. This is effectively sequestered for decades, if not centuries as most are not easily degraded. The oceans are riddled with the waste plastic that we don't have the wits to deal with properly and so wildlife suffers. In turn we will suffer but it seems that most people couldn't care less. We are taught to consume, and to live for the day, to put on fake faces and to ignore reality. We do so at our peril.
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