How to bring the country...

... out of where we are now.

I was watching a TV show yesterday night about the situation in Latvia culture and society. And what I really liked, was the end when all the people taking part were asked to express their opinion. One of the political scientists there was asked:
''What do you think would be needed to get Latvia out of the situation we are now?''

And what he answered, was:
''Two things: complete censorship and a Ministry of Propaganda.''

And you know what? Even if it was a joke, I think there is some truth behind that sentence.

Okay, I wouldn't be okay with a total and complete censorship, but a Ministry of Propaganda... it does have a potential.
Okay, maybe not a ministry, but a department or a bureau of propaganda wouldn't do bad at all. Not that kind of propaganda when they say that ''You must hate every other country and people, because Latvia ( insert any other country here ) is the best!'', but a kind of propaganda that would encourage people.

There are so many bad things happening now in Latvia, and they are always carried out in the front plan, forgetting all the good things happening around. Even the TV shows where they want to tell about good things happening, they always end up with some kind of problem that only makes it worse.

So, a kind of propaganda that would say like ''Today, 10 families on countryside were given money to buy school books for children!!! Yeaaah, WE'RE THE BEST!'' or ''The amount of jobless have fallen per 2% this year! Yeah, Latvians can do it!''
If you don't like the word ''propagada'', then call it ''Good News Agency'' or whatever.

The definition of propaganda is ''A form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.'' And nobody says that it must always be used for political causes, it can also be used for other things ( *cough*McDonalds*cough*Coca Cola*cough*), and so why not use a propaganda to raise people's spirit a bit? After all the terrible things that have happened in Latvian economics and society, I think that a bit of push wouldn't be bad at all :)