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Plugged In May 30, 2014 It has been said numerous times that remakes are never the way to go, yet our society literally and figuratively feeds off of this well-known device to ensure true happiness and further nourishment for the box office. We are lead to believe this world ranks and banks as much as they effortlessly can just to earn another buck or two. However, I look onward into the future where remakes are an obsolete thing of the past that renders itself dull in various ways when it comes to true cinema. continued on page 7 Right: An artist’s rendition of the “mechanical” beast that leaves New York ravaged with pure chaos which perpretrates the disaster at hand. Photo courtesy of thesource.com page 4 IBM’s 16 q-bit quantum processor (image from tested.com) Be sure to check out the Senior Tribute pages. J.A. Bedell, Quentin Ellett, Will Harris, and the French Assailant (aka John Minniear) all offer their sage wisdom in this, their final issue of Plugged In. 2 The Senior Edition • Plugged In Minimum wage laws and capitalist ploys What Mommy didn’t tell you but Marx did We’ve all heard formulaic ignorance of oppression. Value is limits. Capital, generally speaking then, is an that the Obama the transconceptual extraction from labor— unlimited force of production albeit not a administration the material process from which commodi- material one— profit dramatically increases is trying to up ties emerge. Put simply, all wealth is created on the global stage while wages stagnate for the minimum by human labor; the value of any commod- those who affirm that possibility daily with Quentin Ellett wage— you might ity is ultimately derived from human labor. their toil. This is the chief causational step Devout Matholic not have heard, Even Adam Smith, the great apologist for toward default and collapse in economy. however, that the root, mercantile economy admitted this. The The nerve centers for this systemic constitutional- cultural map which tries to confound the extortion are banks, which act (sometimes ity of a new Oklahoma law signed by Gov. cognitive map of the worker is capitalism. merely symbolically, as the kettle is often al- Mary Fallin which bans towns and cities Before capitalism is an idea to be champi- ready in the fire, so to speak) as the primary from raising the local minimum wage is be- oned or contested it is a (bureaucratic and depository and shuffling centers for global ing brought into question. indirect) mode of production. capital. The cardinal enterprise for capitalist Stalling the wage hike doesn’t of- The capitalist modes of produc- circulation, shares in a money-store (see?) al- fend me, mostly because of its inevitability; tion could be described psychoanalytically lows “investors” not merely to own property the pending $10+ wage is an affable idea, as obsessive and neurotic— fixed economic or resources or commodities, but capital and contributes no more to inflation than fetishes laud consumerism without mutual- interests themselves. The intergovernmental any other normalized part of economic ity, without democracy, escalating a revo- association of the International Monetary society. Though as of now, I hardly want lutionary accumulation of profit (from as- Fund and the World Bank have brought this to argue that point. It’s useless to remain so signed value) on the back of wage labor: the to universality, even in the supposed “third cattily within the rhetorical pinwheel, the international community of working people, world.” “symbolic order” as opposed to realpolitik. voiceless and exploited —the neurosis be- In order to understand why certain The gesture (and it is a gesture) of raising ing, here, that value is seen by the capitalist class interests are placated by those in the lowest possible hourly wage without as paper denominations or the credit thereof power, we must first surpass the illusory veil ascribing a maximum wage negates the point and not as the labor which generates it. Note between neoliberal economy and the real. of an equitable pay scale entirely— setting well that divisions of account are rarely When someone asks about your position the minimum wage (for the purpose of on a fixed exchange rate with any material on the minimum wage, remember to ask worker-justice) necessarily requires a refer- elements, i.e. gold, which consign currency them in kind about banks, or if they’ve ever ent of maximum possibility. Otherwise, the and its accumulation to necessary material wondered why there’s no maximum wage. perverse economics of the right-winger are correct: you’ll just raise everybody’s wage, in- Thoughts on becoming a Senior... crease the cost of living, etc… and the legis- Time goes by and so does the excitement lation, when comprehensively reified, will aid the class interests of the over-paid and the My junior year has seemingly gone by both fast and slow. My senior syndicated bourgeoisie along with the aver- year of high school is approaching and a part of me couldn’t be more age employee. I’m unwilling to commend excited to be finished with high school and move on to college, but this as a “compromise” as no alteration to another part is terrified to step into a higher level of education with the backwards mode of production which new places, people, and things surrounding me. I have subconsciously determines wage slavery has been made. developed a routine throughout my high school years. I wake up Mon- Emily Tucker In redefining this problem we can day through Friday and go to school, 8:00-3:20, excluding late-start Little Fat Girl access the formal identity of the minimum Mondays. Nothing about this routine has been altered since my fresh- wage debate: ignorance of what labor is and man year. After my senior year, my entire schedule and routinely comfort will be diminished. its value. To the class-conscious capitalist My perspective of senior year is wrapping up my comfortable-yet-lackluster life, and getting (and most of them are!) this is a deliber- ready to move up into a more exciting atmosphere, academically and non-academically. In ate ignorance, but to the laboring masses high school, you take basic classes like English, math, science, and history. Conversely, col- (who have lost most of their revolutionary lege classes focus on your intended major, hence would undoubtedly be more enjoyable. consciousness in the United States) this is a See Senior prep on page 7 3 The Senior Edition • Plugged In Munitions for thought (excerpt) Firearms in democracy and the school Now the argument shifts to have no resistance and therefore that the mentally ill mass shoot- the purpose of this dialog – the will simply walk in expecting no er is a statistical nothing in the defense of schools. resistance. If we now thing of grand scheme of things and that Many arguments for the “gun the killer flagrantly swaggering most firearm crime is committed free zone” reason that firearms into the school simply shooting by “hardened” criminals, there- will do little to defend the as they move by. Imagine, now, fore the ‘think of the children’ school. This argument is belted this killer being taken off guard argument is not an argument but Alan Duffy by those standing on the bodies by a teacher who has a firearm. a fallacy. This disconnect is fur- Twinkletoes of the massacred children of The ensuing “fire fight” will ther proliferated by the fact that base is primarily staffed with the most recent school shoot- last seconds if we realize the most people don’t hear about people conducting desk jobs ing. This is probably the easiest surprise leaves the criminal with the true statistics; the number of and not armed to the teeth. This of all arguments to deflect. The arms splayed in a position that mass shootings is down. is the danger of persons being logic presented above should favors the twist. This is often Other opponents claim that unarmed. They did not carry still transpose to this realm made to be minutes of shooting firearms won’t stop the shooter. because they felt there was no (firearms causing criminals to from cover. But this cover-to- This is often rallied around the reason to carry and therefore hesitate when the presence of cover shooting will not happen Ft. Hood shooting. Now it must were easy prey. danger is existent). This flagrant if no one knows of the ace in be noted that the personnel of Now let me point out that slaughter is proliferated by the the hole. continental bases are simply not the only protection that is ac- knowledge that the shooter will Now, let me diverge to say expecting the shooting and the See more of “Munitions” on page 8 John Mayer The Most Dynamic Musician of 2014 Music is a powerful medium immense love for blues music John Mayer’s that brings people together sprouted when he was given a earlier albums physically, emotionally, and Stevie Ray Vaughn cassette. I including Inside mentally. So much music of have been listening to John Wants Out, Room this generation is articulated in Mayer ever since I was in pre- for Squares, and innovative styles. Although there school and could comprehend Heavier Things are countless music performers the idea of “music,” when my are generally pop- of today that create a dynamic mother would blast his lovely rock. Continuum portfolio of melodies and har- sounds throughout the house and Battle Studies monies, the current artist that and during car rides. contain more sticks out the most to me is John Although blues music is bluesy songs.