HW 3-30

Dear Kalle Lasn,

When I finished your book I had a lot of questions that I felt went unanswered. I wonder why I've never heard of the Situationist movement before, or the events that took place in French towns and cities in 1968.
But more important than my questions about the past, are my questions about the future. The book was written over ten years ago, yet I often struggle to see many improvements since then.
Principally, what I think you missed, but not due to any fault but timing, was the rapid commercialization of the internet. Social Networking sites I suspect would've been the bane of your existence in particular.
After asking and criticizing on the book alone for a while I decided to look up the Ad Busters website. I was pleasantly discovered that TV turnoff week has been re-titled as digital detox week and encourages people to give up all screens for a week.
I liked Culture Jam very much and beyond my questions I just hope that you keep up your high standard of work.

While watching the second half of The Corporation I was really struck by Michael Moore's explanation that the corporations didn't care about anything but profit so they'll put him up on the screen just so he can put them down. It's a chilling construction that would have such a hand in its own potential demise.
I'm always upset when I see the banal reaction those in the highest power have towards the violent protesters.
I'm surprised by the positive attitude the carpet CEO had and I realized that while the people do have some fault, the true flaw lies in the system not individuals.
The ending of the film isn't very satisfying in my opinion. It's a tad grim and shifting the scope from a person to a legal entity was a dramatic reveal. I see now that governments should somehow regulate these entities more effectively. The Corporation, not Cars or Agriculture and the biggest cause of global warming.