Reading Blog #2

This is my first example of hegemony. In this video, we see that this is representing 'Global Politics in Thirty Seconds'. It is quite obviously a satire on how the United States works in its foreign affairs, quite often enough acting before fully justifying the actions that it does. By doing so, the country continually angers other nations.

This is quite an interesting picture. It (literally) shows a baby hedgehog holding a British coin. This could be construed as any number if different meanings, but most likely it was meant to be a cutesy play on words. (Hedgehog/hegemony) And possibly a loose satire on British economic rule. Since British currency is currently the most valuable, it may be why the hedgehog is seen holding a coin from that country.

Here is a prime example of Economic hegemony, where the credit card controls all in the United States. It takes the popular slogan 'What's in YOUR wallet?' and changes it to a more passive-aggressive 'What's in MY wallet?', and seemingly answers itself by showing a roll of money on a toilet paper dispenser. When money is so readily available for use, without any sort of immediate reprimand, then how do we have the right to complain when our country's credit debt is skyrocketing?