HOPE AND DESPAIR for POPULATIONS

 

 

Sense-making is defined as the ability to create ideas that sounds plausible and can be sensible (Merriam-Webster).

With the video “HOW FILM CAPTURES THE SPACE BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR” the speaker talked about where she was from and that she was a film writer and told what happened to her during the accident that happened in the country Lebanon in the port of Beirut (Akl). Government politicians and civilians were mingling and sharing space. This video shows and recreates issues that happened in the news and are sometimes written before the event happens in the case of the “HOW FILM CAPTURES THE SPACE BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR”. Films can report the possible issues with government involvement with economics and accidents.

The pros with government involvement with economics and accidents is they can change the laws and regulations to keep the population safe. Governments are good at reacting to events but companies must wait for regulations to change to keep profit.

 

Corporate Threat to Liberty (Painting)

by DonkeyHotey

 

The con is that if the government is the one that allows the accident to happen in a location near a populated area. Politicians are still humans and humans can be bought or bribed with favors or money incentives. Governments should be at fault and fix things, if at fault, if not the officials should be up for criminal charges by the world governments. Governments should be mindful of how corruption happens. Absolute power with no oversite of actions corrupt politicians absolutely (Lord Acton,1887).

Film can change the form of involvement of how governments react to issues. Most politicians start in office from having ownership of a law firm or a corporation. Then when they get out, they can go back to business as nothing has happened.

 

 

 References

Akl, M. (n.d.). How film captures the space between hope and despair. Mounia Akl: How film captures the space between hope and despair | TED Talk. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://www.ted.com/talks/mounia_akl_how_film_captures_the_space_between_hope_and_despair

Lord Acton writes to bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" (1887). Online Library of Liberty. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://oll.libertyfund.org/quote/lord-acton-writes-to-bishop-creighton-that-the-same-moral-standards-should-be-applied-to-all-men-political-and-religious-leaders-included-especially-since-power-tends-to-corrupt-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely-1887

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Sensemaking definition & meaning. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensemaking