Interesting Pitchman

This is not a slam against Mike Rowe.  The man is working, but I find his pitch to be an interesting paradox.  I believe he believes in his pitch, but I believe he's just the face and voice of an agenda.   Our government can't keep everyone signing up for federal student loans for college!  Then, there is also the factor that fewer and fewer people, these days, even realize the value of skilled labor.  I absolutely believe in the message that Mike Rowe is pitching, but I just cannot help but notice the fact that this man, by his own, bio gives full confession to being a good spokesperson and by the list of sponsors, is apparently quite persuasive.

To look at him, he's "the image" of a hard working man who is happy in his skilled labor career.  His site actually has a list of available jobs, as well.  His personal life doesn't really bear out his image, but more on that later.  He is working!

The following link contains a great deal of promotion, but I wanted to include the last headlined section I perused, and Mr. Rowe's closing paragraph.  https://www.mikeroweworks.org/about/

How about some good advice?

In the long history of bad advice, you’d have to look pretty hard to find something dumber than Work Smart Not Hard.

So…with a little creative license (and no respect for the original), I’m pleased to present a new platitude with a different attitude. And if you’d like to help spread the word, I’ll try to talk you into buying one. Posters are $12, or as much as you want to give, and all proceeds go to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.

- Mike Rowe

According to Wikipedia, Mr. Rowe was indeed a college boy, and every position in his resume seems to bear witness to the man really not participating in jobs that get your hands dirty . . . Unless, of course, there's a contract with a camera rolling.  Mr. Rowe reportedly lives in San Francisco, is past 55, with no wife or children mentioned.  

Again, this is not a slam against Mr. Rowe, but rather to point out the reality that he's a spokesperson for a concept that is being pushed very hard by powerful people.  In all support of Mr. Rowe, he is clearly using his talent and style to convey a message.  The man is making an honest living, promoting a "concept" that needs to be remembered.  Somebody's got to "keep things running!"  

The promotion of "keeping things running" is, in my opinion, just another part of the agenda being proposed for a society that is already so far in bondage, most don't even recognize it.  Whether this is "a conspiracy theory" or "critical thinking" is up to each of us to determine.  Here's my theory.  There are enough people with college degrees and federal student loans to make an entire office workforce of indentured servants, but these people cannot take care of the infrastructure of civilized society.  That's where the blue collar and vo-tech careers come in.  These careers that have been relegated to the back burner of "undesired careers" are necessary trades.  They are especially necessary for a nation of dependent people.   Dependent citizens will need people to take care of the infrastructure.

As our society drifts further from truth and reality, we need to keep in mind, most of what is being promoted, is for the profit of the sponsors, the welfare of the system, and a paycheck for the participants of the promotion, rather than the individual listening to the promotion.

 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.  a Proverb of Holy Scripture