I've got to make this quick.

Because I have learned that my computer loves to die at the worst times, typically after I have been writing for a while, and I lose a lot of work. So, I am going to attempt to get through as much as I need to say with as much brevity as I can. Here goes:

So, last night I went home, and my mother had two brand new HDTVs in the house, not that there was anything wrong with the other, lowly televisions. We have one from the cold war that has been operating like a champ and still chugging away, thus, no need for a new TV. Until now. Federal entities now require you to have an HDTV if you want to get any television at all. This doesn't affect me as much directly, since I don't watch much television anyway, but for people like my mother, who view the television commodity as a neccessity, it means she had to go out and purchase new sets. These regulations are clearly an attempt to force spending. Another example of reverse-hegemony. This is my version of Gramscii, whereas he said that the repressed agree to their repression to a certain extent, and then must push until the ruling power concedes, and then the repressed party continues to consent. Benjamen Franklin said something about "Those who are not willing to sacrifice liberty for safety do not deserve neither," or something along those lines (paraphrased). This is the other way around. "Those who can't repress these people well enough, manipulate them into spending more money, get the government to require everybody to do so." Bam, the repressor has found a way to get its way.