nobody dances anymore, nobody takes chances anymore
too bad I love this song. and this video. and a certain dance called the sharpener. soon the protractor will make its film debut.
so i was thinking about morality in our society and in a world saturated with media images and conglomerations we are all forced to make the decision of whether to support and acknowledge the dependence we have on these companies, boycott and ignore our obvious difficulty in pushing them aside, or blissfully ignore the problems that we are continuing to create ourselves. i look at a company like starbucks. i think fondly, "oh starbucks" i think "howard schultz is THE MAN" and i think that their company is run in an innovative socially responsible fashion that is yet to be replicated. but then i look at them partnering up with william morris agency to continue making more films and books. starbucks is becoming a conglomeration. by creating an industry of mass consumption that was not present before (coffee!) starbucks has opened up for themselves the opportunity to take over ... everything! i am shocked but i cannot say i am appalled, because i truly believe that starbucks is doing something that will not threaten our world with hegemony. i love starbucks but i do think that there are probably thousands of people out there who could tell me i am wrong.
however. i am still confused of a moral stance i am supposed to take. i hate the idea that i am so susceptible to be completely engulfed by these ten or so companies that run everything in the world. i cannot escape it these influences, and i cannot make a conscious decision to omit them from my life, because it is just simply too hard. i guess i will have to feel guilty every time i consume. i really just hope that the six species of monkeys that are in danger of being extinct because of deforestation in southeast asia get scooped up by a helicopter and loved.
too bad I love this song. and this video. and a certain dance called the sharpener. soon the protractor will make its film debut.
so i was thinking about morality in our society and in a world saturated with media images and conglomerations we are all forced to make the decision of whether to support and acknowledge the dependence we have on these companies, boycott and ignore our obvious difficulty in pushing them aside, or blissfully ignore the problems that we are continuing to create ourselves. i look at a company like starbucks. i think fondly, "oh starbucks" i think "howard schultz is THE MAN" and i think that their company is run in an innovative socially responsible fashion that is yet to be replicated. but then i look at them partnering up with william morris agency to continue making more films and books. starbucks is becoming a conglomeration. by creating an industry of mass consumption that was not present before (coffee!) starbucks has opened up for themselves the opportunity to take over ... everything! i am shocked but i cannot say i am appalled, because i truly believe that starbucks is doing something that will not threaten our world with hegemony. i love starbucks but i do think that there are probably thousands of people out there who could tell me i am wrong.
however. i am still confused of a moral stance i am supposed to take. i hate the idea that i am so susceptible to be completely engulfed by these ten or so companies that run everything in the world. i cannot escape it these influences, and i cannot make a conscious decision to omit them from my life, because it is just simply too hard. i guess i will have to feel guilty every time i consume. i really just hope that the six species of monkeys that are in danger of being extinct because of deforestation in southeast asia get scooped up by a helicopter and loved.

