When The Chips Are Down Analysis

Each new generation in the world will look at their past generations and analyze the actions that they took. When I learned that the generation before me destroyed the housing market, replaced all decent paying jobs with unpaid internships, and placed me into a society where the richest 1% owns over 80% of the wealth in the whole world, I became flustered and angry and began questioning what they did wrong. It is hard to answer this question by yourself, which is why it’s wise to ask someone who is responsible. To analyze historical problems, one must look at his or her “Lifescape”, “Biased Experiences”, “Perception and Awareness”, “Learning Styles”, and use SIA or (Social Impact Analysis) to fully grasp the reasons for decisions made by previous

To my generation, it is the common knowledge that we know marijuana for its health benefits more so than its negative effects, yet the United States Government still has it classified as a schedule 1 drug similar to that of Heroin and LSD. Also, we can use the concepts in George Morrens’ book “When The Chips Are Down” to reflect Reefer Madness and the ideas portrayed in the film. Firstly, the term “Lifescape” or “Weltanschauung” is someone’s view and perception of what’s most important in their life. For example, loved ones, homes, technology, cars, security, and other things that we value most are all examples of “Lifescape”. Reefer Madness depicts Lifescape because the film depicted how scared the people of that time were scared of the unknown and its effects; especially the dreaded marijuana. During the 1930’s when the film was released, people viewed freedom was of the utmost importance, which is why the new threat of marijuana scared the parents of this generation and thus created the stigma that marijuana was just bad because you

We have governments that purposely lie to us for “national security reasons” and news media outlets that have certain political standpoints and agendas. The media that one watches will ultimately reflect their political views for the rest of their life along with their surroundings. The information to which the public is exposed, its quality, and its effects on public opinion, perceptions, awareness, and policy is swayed and influenced by those with power and wealth in our capitalist society. This implies that people can use any information in a deceptive way to make people have certain views towards a topic, and in this case; Reefer Madness depicted marijuana as a menace and that everyone should stay away from it because it causes hallucinations, incurable insanity, and uncontrollable laughter. Some strategies used to keep awareness from growing about things are withholding information, isolating victims/witnesses, loyalty, denying responsibility, adding a positive in a negative situation in hopes of changing it, and by portraying misleading information to the public. Reefer Madness incorporated some of these strategies into their film to make sure the public knew that this new drug marijuana was a menace because the government had recently lost its battle with