However, a company endorses a certain individual for reasons such as political similarities or to help promote their product. When an endorser or multi-million dollar company begins to put pressure on their endorsees, then that is when issues has occured. The endorsers are supposed to be helping the politicians and in return they get more publicity which helps them become more recognize. Some endorses expect to be favored by their politicians and expect them to bend the rules for them. Obama states “I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the term “special interests… there’s a difference between a corporate lobby whose clout is based on money alone, and a group of like minded individuals coming together to promote their interests; between those who use their economic power to magnify their political influence far beyond what their numbers might justify, and those who are imply seeking to pool their votes to sway their representatives.” (116) Obama is simply stating that
The giants do so to satisfy their excessive greed and attain more control over all aspects of life within their reach. In order to keep such corporate greed in check and to help the government be more productive, a well informed and altruistic public has to use its authority as the customer to boycott the products of such voracious companies. And with the support of a powerful media, the message can not only be sent to the corporate executives, but also to gather more supporters. To appease their customers, when executive greed becomes a public ally, lobbyists who assist the giant corporations, will conform and pursue the welfare of
As a result, the deeper biases reflected in sensationalism often leave citizens confused about issues which forces them to deconstruct this alternately managed and frenzied news in order to make sound judgements about their society and government. Without question, money necessitates an effective campaign and election, and a lot of it. The amount of money that can be raised and spent dominates and facilitates campaigns and elections. Affirmative advantages of possessing an abundance of money can enable an otherwise unknown candidate heard and seen. Money buys name recognition and organizational support, hence the reason that so much money is spent by candidates and their parties on media related campaigning.
Martha felt the government was out to get her, because she was a successful woman in a business world of men. Martha was fairly and appropriately targeted because of her celebrity. Maintaining ethical and legal norms is one of the jobs of the government, and the prosecution of prominent people makes a much greater impact on everyone else than the anonymous prosecution of an average citizen. Cheating and lying to the government about it is, sadly, too widespread to apprehend everyone doing it. The next best thing is to make an example out of a famous person like Martha.
Manipulation of media is of course one of the main factors. Nowadays, we know all too well how easily it is for media corporations to support one political agenda or another by twisting facts and feeding false information. Consumerism, supported and viralized by media, also carries a message which tends to separate those who consume a certain kind of product from those who do not, stating that the former are happier than the latter. This exercises certain social pressure among consumerist individuals who may somehow see their social status affected and thus feel left out. As a result, the key for the survival of individuality lies in how conformist the people are ready and willing to become.
Campaign contributions play an integral role in the political process; these funds are usually targeted donations by interest groups and corporations who will be expecting some sort of compensation for their financial support. If said politician is successful in their bid for office then its time for the politician to crudely put: pay up. For example an oil company might donate heavily to a politician that vows to keep environmental agencies off their back. This back and forth game between politicians and financial benefactors has become ingrained into the political process, Money talks and politicians listen. PACs and Super PACs although both are vessels through which to donate money to politicians, they have one key difference: Super PACs have no ceiling on how much money they can donate while PACs cannot donate more than fifteen thousand per year to national parties and no more than five thousand to specific candidates.
Some different ways that a roman citizen could be able to get political influence was bribery, marrying into a family with power or money, making alliances or conspiracy, success in the military, political intimidation. Also, a successful politician had to know how to talk to plebeians but also be able to get them on their side. Back in the Late Republic, a way to gain political influence was by marriage. Marrying a person who has money and power in their family will get that person more ties to government. When you marry someone who already has power or money, you will become as powerful as they are with your combined wealth.
“The Rebirth of Patronage: Have We Come Full Circle” Feeney and Kingsley (2008) states,“Patronage can be narrowly defined as the power to make appointments and distribute government jobs, especially for political advantage, but its social implications are much broader” (p. 167). Patronage can be used as an advantage for politicians who are running for any political office in order to win potential votes for their campaign. Most politicians are knownfor using different tactics like offering jobs, health care, and other issues that appeal to citizens. Will patronage divide or unite the United States? Patronage can have positive or negative effects on the United States while the merit system is against patronage and the spoils system is in
In presidential elections people vote for or against a president and this vote is formed from a variety of influences specifically the words of other people. Peers debate amongst one another when making a large decision like determining the nation’s next president. Their choice of words must be persuasive and supported with factual information, otherwise the opposing side will not be persuaded. The candidates work hard to build up a strong influential appearance, yet a slip of words or a minor reaction to an incident can destroy their reputation in seconds. It is easy for society to slander another person’s name; these same words have the potential to influence the outcome of a future generation.
The film 21 also shows the influence of power and corruption on the American Dream. It also shows a further insight on money’s influence on this and how it affects a person. The more power and affluence a person has, the more self-centred they become. “There’s no way I can lose this time, ” A self directed quote by Ben, further enforces the notion that arrogance stems from the gain of power. It is this arrogance that eventually leads to losses.