News Roundup 12/08/20
Movie Theaters Aren't dying- They're Being Murdered
During the time of the pandemic there has been a high upscale of use of streaming services with big names such as Netflix, Disney, HBO MAX and Amazon Prime Videos. The movie industry has seen the possibility of steaming services as a threat. Watching movies in theaters brings an immersive viewing experience in a movie theater along with strangers. While at home we can become distracted by the things around us, so it's really important we still have a immersive watching experience at the movie theaters.
Source: The Nation
Why the Trumpists' Calls for Dictatorship Should Worry Us
The election at this point was weeks away. Trumpists have been acting more and more like a cultism and fascism group. This is the first time in history that A president is going to challenge our American democracy. If Trump does not win the election then he will do anything in his power as the president to stay in power. These behaviors that we are witnessing is almost like a dictatorship. This will cause multiple American's to have a scare. As the days draw closure to the end of his term he has been making multiple claims of voter fraud, and spouting conspiracy theories. Trump's frantic efforts to overturn the election have been coming more dangerous. Soon this might lead to warnings on what is yet to come in our society.
Source: The Nation
The Visible Hand
We have everyday items that we use to take care of our life. We notice that most of the items that we have bought normally come from a small amount of companies. When going to the store to get these items , do we really have a choice? When we want to buy cable and internet you only have 2 to 3 options that are available. If you want to look up something you pretty much only know a few companies such as amazon and google. Not only in tech has monopolies but even dating sites such as matching.com the company owns tinder, hinge and many more. Even going back to the time of the railroads we have also seen monopolies. Some states in America has been fighting against these monopiles. One day we will hopefully fight against these monopiles.
Source: The Nation
With 3 Billion Packages to Go, Online Shopping Faces Tough Holiday Test
Online shopping has become the norm during the pandemic. The amount of items that are getting shipped this year compared to last year has been increased. Having this in mind, the chances of people not receiving their packages by Christmas will be disappointing. There is a rough estimate about several more million packages that need to be shipped per day compared to last year's Christmas. Even though we might be paying for the most efficient packaging speed, The possibility of the packages being delayed will still be an issue because the demand for packaged goods will always continually increase .
Source: New York Times
Surgeon General: ‘Need to Be More Intelligent’ about Some Closures, Closing Down Outdoor Gatherings Just Forces People Inside
During a Monday broadcast on Fox news we hear the surgeon general talk. The man Dr. Jerome Adams stated along the lines on how we can become more smart on how to close certain areas of our community in order to keep the coronavirus from spreading. He then goes on about what places are safe to open such and how we should be careful while they are open. We just need to inform our communities on what to do and not what. Some of the things that we can do are the most common sense things. If an event has more than ten people then we should have less people attending or be more separated.
Source: Breit Bart