Thursday, February 9, 2017

What is meant by the American “free enterprise” systems? What are its advantages and dis-advantages?



Every time a person in the U.S. spends money buying goods and services, they are experiencing the free enterprise system. The price, the kind of goods and everything around this are all largely driven by business workers, and have no governmental influence except for a few restrictions. So the main regulator is effected by the supply and demand relationship and the decisions of businessmen.



The free enterprise system and the ideology that comes with it, is very similar to the “American Dream.”
 “From riches to rags”, “from the bottom to the top” is the biggest and most known mentality in the USA – it suggests that anyone, even the poorest people, can set up their own company and business and become rich, as long as they are willing to work hard. No matter what kind of job, as long as they are clever enough to make something new. But the reality looks slightly different, not everyone starts out under the same conditions. So those who are already rich have a huge advantage. Corruption and/or an influential background could influence your businesses success, as well as through competition.

For the consumer the competition is certainly a huge advantage. The consumer can choose what and where they buy their goods and this heightens the competition on market and between businesses, which leads to lower prices and better quality of goods.
Additionally, the free enterprise system provided economic growth, what caused higher wages and with-it a higher living standard for the U.S. citizen. On the other hand many people lost their jobs, because the companies try to minimize the production costs as much as there are able to. So the gap between rich and poor got even bigger.
 As there is no perfect economic system the free enterprise system certainly has it's downfalls, but in my opinion it is the most natural and efficient system with the most positive sides.

s the best solution to the problems plaguing the US immigration system to export nearly all immigrants and start over?



Immigration, perhaps more than any other social, political, or economic process, has shaped the United States as a nation. The immigration-driven transformation of the country's economic and social landscape has previously occurred during distinct historical periods. Without immigration, the U.S. wouldn’t be as it is today.


There are currently 42.4 million immigrants in the U.S. 42.4 million people who living in the U.S., who have jobs and experience, friends, and family. Exporting all immigrants would not just cost billions of dollars, but also cause huge problems for these immigrants. They would lose their own homes, their property without having a word to say. Those people live in the U.S. and have a life like any other citizen in America. And exporting immigrants would “end” their life, they would probably lose their jobs, because their employer probably won’t wait for their return and heir other people. That could cause an end to their social and secured life, as long as they aren’t lucky enough to get the chance to stay.

Furthermore the exportation would have an effect not only on the life’s of the immigrants, but also on the U.S. itself. The immigrants lived probably in the U.S. for quite a while and had an effect on the people around them too. Friends, coworker, family, all of them will suffer of losing a part of their life. Employer suffer too, they would lose experienced workers, who are used to the work their is supposed to do, as well as having to find new employees, what could cost a lot of money and take a lot of time and that could be a huge problem for a  company. Especially if they lose thousands of worker. That could lead to a globally problem, as long as the American companies aren’t able to trade with non-American countries, those countries will also suffer.

In the end, the exportation of the immigrants wouldn’t just affect both American economy, but also the economy of other states. So no, that solution, is not a real solution. Just another unthoughtful idea.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Should the USA export nearly all immigrants and start over?

I do not think that the USA should export nearly all immigrants and start over. It would do big damage to a lot of immigrants and non-immigrants. All the immigrants who would get exported would lose their home (their house/apartment) and their job. And this could also cause problems for their employers and friends.

Exporting all immigrants could cause huge problems for a lot of people who are already living and making their living in America. They would lose the homes they already got used to as well as the friends they have already made. And they would probably lose their jobs, as long as their employer does not agree to not give their jobs to other people until they return. That could do permanent damage to their lives. Another very important point is that people from some countries (for example people from the Philippines) do not actually have a legal migration option, since the legal way would require them to wait decades.

But the exportation would not only affect them, their employers and friends would also suffer from it. Losing an experienced worker, who is used to the kind of work he/she is supposed to do, as well as having to find a new person for a job could be a time-related and a money-related problem for a company. Furthermore, separating the immigrants and non-immtgrants who are living with each other could be emotionally devastating for both sides. Finally, the exportation of the immigrants would affect both the American economy and the economy of other states, since problems of the immigrant's American companies could also have negative effects on non-American countries they trade with.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

You will not believe the shocking truth behind this life-changing blogpost. It will blow your mind and change your life forever.


We see it, we read it, we click on it; Just to be disappointed again. I am talking about clickbait. Journalism is spiraling down into one of its hugest crises ever: The so-called Clickbait Crisis.

When Social Media came into our lives, it also came into the life of journalism. While for us the freedom of internet provided so many advantages as a user, reader, or even writer, there were still a lot of disadvantages for the writers in actual magazines and papers. One of the issues is the fact that there is so much free content to be found in the internet since everyone can immediately upload content for everybody to be seen when feeling like it. On Social Media platforms like facebook, free content will easily make its way for you to be seen and read without even explicitly looking for it. While the writers of the presented article ask themselves “How can I make them click on it?” the question that you will ask yourself in this moment is “Will I click on it?”.

While we all know the answer to the second question and the answer to the first one i is the very topic of this blogpost: Clickbait. How does someone produce clickbait? Here is a list of what you need:
  1. A really eye-catching title that says almost nothing about the following content, but instead tells you that it will "blow your mind"
  2. A promising picture with said title
  3. Some kind of list that actually does not change your life forever
  4. Content that is not always based on actual facts, but more about things that the reader wants to read
  5. Content that is easily economically exploitable

Clickbait changed journalism, some call it the biggest crisis ever, but I strongly believe that real journalism will not die under the lies that the internet sometimes tries to tell us. With more awareness of Clickbait and knowledge about general facts traditional journalism will rise again when the time comes.