"Whaaaassssuuuuuuup?!"

There's a really interesting interview between the author of new book on pop language: Talking The Talk

Fascinating perspective--truly eye-opening; a book worth reading—at the library.

I don’t mean to diminish its value. I might buy it in a different economy where money isn’t so scarce for laborers like me, while so abundant for financiers and intellectual property owners who earn while sitting idle. But, this is not that economy.

This article made it clear to me that even our language, which is supposed to be public property (used to facilitate meaningful exchange of ideas and needs) is being appropriated by greedy entities, and exploited for its ability to make us believe, if only long enough for us to choose their product over someone else’s, that they are one of us. They are not.

“[Pop is] often used, regardless of age, race, ethnic background, occupation, region of the country. Pop . . . is EVERYWHERE, [used] to be understood by everybody . . . It connects us to the millions of other people that are saying it” (emphasis added)

Pop, as described, sounds like another medium of exchange that we know-- MONEY-- a currency we all trust and use to exchange our wealth. But, like the pop language that is bought up by greedy individuals, money has also been bought up by a greedy private banking system.

The media exploits our desire and need to communicate and express ourselves by attaching commercial value to our words: “[Pop] connects people . . . [w]e feel more important, and we are in fact more persuasive when we use it.”

They force us to further their private interests every time we use it: “movie trailer producers . . . were so thankful when [it’s used] in the movie, because they knew they could produce their whole ad on [it]”

Similarly, bankers exploit our need for money as a tool with which to exchange the only wealth we have (our labor). Because the money supply is central, by privatizing it and attaching interest to its circulation, they force us to further their interests every time we exchange it among ourselves.

Please, take the author’s advice “The more we talk this way and think this way. . . the more we are stuck inside that box.” So, “stop racing . . . listen . . . and become more aware.”

Similarly, take some time to learn about the true purpose of money. Visit some of the links in the side bar and together, we can move outside the monetary box that is forced upon us.