Waldo was created for fun. The only
purpose of this invention was to get popularity by being funny. So, it was
essential to find out the way to be funny for the most amount of people. These
characteristics were mainly being aggressive, and rude in a funny
way. Once people accepted Waldo as something funny, it started to get
popularity on websites, TV shows, and newspapers. For me this is kind of the
same during this election. At the beginning, the real purpose of one of the
candidates was to get popularity and attention of the people. Waldo was
able to have an influence of the decisions of people. Once this puppet
got what the people who were controlling Waldo wanted, everyone was paying
attention to his actions or what he was saying. Exactly the same as here.
The owner of Waldo realized that
this funny blue figure has power over them. People started to take it
seriously as someone who can represent them, and be over politics or
important public representatives. Therefore, the “real” Waldo is hidden by
a puppet. This is similar than in our lives because the real owner of the world
is hidden by puppets every four years. Showing different puppets but the same people
behind will always control this.
The creator of Waldo could not
handle all the power that Waldo was generating, and how important
it was for the people. In other words, people loved something
inhuman. It is something that cannot breathe, eat, talk, or move. Somebody
else is talking, and expressing by this puppet but people still loved Waldo as
something important in their lives. This puppet was more important than
real people. They chose something inhuman to represent them. It did not
matter the incoherence that Waldo was saying, people still following its
actions and words as something correct. They started to do what Waldo says, and
protecting his ideas even if was the most incoherent thing ever.
It did not matter who was
controlling Waldo. People just followed what Waldo was saying. Who is talking
behind the puppet is not important for them. Waldo got such an important
influence of power for the people that the one using Waldo would control
people's actions and desires.
Once these people took the power of
Waldo, they used it for their own purposes, which was finally controlling the
world. People chose a puppet to represent them and to make important decisions
instead of a real person who can really understand real life. An object that
was controlled by someone was able to determine people thoughts and desires.
1 comment:
Wow. I have actually never thought about the presidency as a puppet show until now. If you really take a step back and look at how the government is ran, it starts to look like a puppet show. I have recently found out that some politicians, representatives, and senate seat holders use bills that are composed by this company called ALEC who takes investments from other corporations and gain their outlook on issues and write out bills in favor of those specific companies. So talk about a puppet show!
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