Found out about this from a friend on Facebook: cnnbc.moveon.org/
Essentially, it rips a page from the old TV ad campaign for Captain Power (any scifi geeks out there remember him?) and pretends to be a regular news video that gets interrupted by someone from the future who then implores us to stop the dystopian nightmare of tomorrow from happening by voting. Of course, in typical mass-marketing fashion, the video message comes from a hot, skinny future-chick who’s got a handsome, passionate black man as a sidekick who comes in toward the end. Also, in typical mass-marketing fashion, it utilizes Facebook to make the video personal. Check out these screencaps:
Check out the pic that the black sidekick keeps in a locket around his neck:
I have to admit I totally LOLed, but the sad reality is that the future is already lost.
See, they make a big joke about corporations owning everything (even people) but they conveniently skip over the part where corporations already own the candidates.
On the way back from the big Rally for Sanity and/or Fear this weekend I had a conversation with a guy who said he saw hope for the future if young people would just get out there and vote. The thing is, big money (aka corporations, in most cases) already determine who we can vote for because it’s legal for them to donate as much as they want to whom they want. This means anyone with corporations backing them up can pretty much wipe out any message from someone with less money.
What’s the point in voting for change if someone else is already limiting the selection of people promising change?
As we now know for certain, change is more than just skin deep. Sure, the world is definitely a better place when Democrats win, but ultimately, every elected official in government is in someone’s back pocket. Too bad our wallet got stolen from our back pocket long ago, not that it matters since We, The People, could never afford to buy our own politicians in the first place.
Hmm… “It’s too late for the future.” That’s good! I’m going to use that in a story somewhere. I CALL COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK DIBS!!
Oh and speaking of a story, have another look at the first screencap above—check out the image to the left in that first screencap. Now go here and notice the title of a novel I wrote under the pen-name Scott Campbell a bunch of years ago.
Tee-hee!
