- Sep 22, 2013
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Should TrumpUSA capitalism promote in us classic forms of 'piracy-storytelling'?
What do you think?
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Two sentimental Caucasians named Ethan and Evan working in North America were evaluating the capitalism impact of the computer/software giants Apple (co-founded by Steve Jobs) and Microsoft (co-founded by Bill Gates). Ethan was a Wall Street bureaucrat, while Evan was a construction worker working in D.C. Ethan and Evan met on an Internet chatroom and began debating about which company (Apple or Microsoft) had a greater impact on 21st Century consumerism. Ethan and Evan were ideal 'commerce critics.'
{Ethan & Evan}
Ethan felt that Apple was a great symbol of new age capitalism, since its products (e.g., iPhone, iMac, iPad) characterized consumers' interests in products for lifestyle that were ergonomically/aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly. Evan felt that Microsoft was a great symbol of new age capitalism, since its various operating-systems and applications made it a penultimate symbol of business-world conveniences (e.g., Windows Mobile). In a way, Ethan and Evan were both correct, since Apple and Microsoft both captured the magic/charm of 21st Century consumerism/commerce.
{Apple & Microsoft}
Of course, Steve Jobs helped Apple become a household name, and his products/innovations help keep his company competitive and at-pace with Microsoft. Bill Gates of Microsoft helped his software-company become the ultimate symbol of capital success, hoisting Bill himself to the level of 'legendary profiteer.' In fact, Gates became one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in American history. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates became 'celebrities' and Ethan/Evan wanted to know which 'computing-world icon' was a greater 'titan' in capitalism.
{Steve Jobs & Bill Gates}
ETHAN: Jobs/Apple was more creative...
EVAN: Gates/Microsoft was more pragmatic...
ETHAN: The iPhone has replaced the landline!
EVAN: Windows Mobile has changed the way we conceived of functionality!
ETHAN: Some feel Jobs was more 'charming' towards consumers.
EVAN: Nevertheless, Gates was more 'business-minded.'
ETHAN: Let's imagine Steve Jobs was like Lancelot.
EVAN: Alright; let's imagine Bill Gates was like Mordred (Lancelot's rival).
ETHAN: Lancelot was more cavalier and full of enchantment...
EVAN: Yet, he was embroiled in scandals; Mordred was more level-headed.
ETHAN: Yet, Mordred was much more war-minded and unnaturally ambitious!
EVAN: Well, Jobs is like Lancelot, since the two are more 'imaginative.'
ETHAN: Then Gates is like Mordred, since the two are more 'utilitarian.'
EVAN: Who'd you want to win in a competition --- Jobs/Lancelot or Gates/Mordred?
ETHAN: Jobs/Lancelot should win in a contest about youth-folklore.
EVAN: Gates/Mordred should win in a contest about marketing and politics.
ETHAN: Microsoft faced that terrible anti-monopoly lawsuit.
EVAN: Jobs died young, and Apple/Lancelot will be considered 'icons' of folklore(!).
ETHAN: Lancelot and Mordred will always be considered 'culture-foils.'
EVAN: There're nice parallels between American folklore and British mythology.
ETHAN: Isn't that why the presidency of JFK was sometimes called 'Camelot'?
EVAN: Anyways, TrumpUSA commerce/media benefits from all this 'calligraphy.'
ETHAN: Sure; Americans appreciate good competitive storytelling.
{Lancelot & Mordred}
After Ethan and Evan concluded this comparison-discussion of Jobs/Lancelot and Gates/Mordred, they decided that Apple and Microsoft were ideal/perfect 'capitalism-company' foils for modern-era commerce, well-suited for 'TrumpUSA ideology.' After all, TrumpUSA was all about capitalism-bravado, media-frills, political-levity, and pedestrian-prose. Ethan/Evan wondered if Apple and Microsoft would be likened to more serious competition 'standards' such as the USA and the USSR. Would Jobs and Gates really be compared to folkloric character-competing foils such as Lancelot and Mordred? Would capitalism be measured/levied in terms of competition-folklore and bias-ideology?
Meanwhile, the flurry of anti-TrumpUSA street-protests delivered home the message that Americans would not simply be 'assuaged' with political promises of great capitalism-barons (e.g., Donald Trump) 'seizing the reigns' of a capitalist-nation heading into the 21st Century with great post-9/11 bravado. These protesters were worried about media-scandals, capitalism arrogance (e.g., Gulf War), and the dominion of modern profiteers (e.g., Bill Gates). If TrumpUSA was to become a beacon or tower of capitalism-ideology, social critics and patriots such as Ethan/Evan would have to determine if Apple/Microsoft axes truly represented American cool.
LANCELOT: If we fight, I'd strike at your body and arms.
MORDRED: I'd go for your head and legs...
LANCELOT: Our battle would be truly 'iconic.'
MORDRED: In the future, people will compare us to others!
LANCELOT: Yes, perhaps social profiteers and barons.
MORDRED: Pioneers in industry and innovation and engineering.
LANCELOT: I'm more of an 'elegance-fighter.'
MORDRED: I'm more of an 'arrogance-fighter.'
LANCELOT: Maybe they'll design games modeled after us!
MORDRED: They should...
LANCELOT: Politics always breeds hyperbole (in history).
Would Apple and Microsoft make America a bandleader in international technology? Would computers, replacing manual labor steadily and surely, become hallmarks of American intellectualism? Would Steve Jobs be compared to the colorful knight Lancelot? Would Bill Gates be compared to the embossed knight/warlord Mordred? Would TrumpUSA be considered a 'tower' of great controversy? There were still critics of all this 'socialization progress' who continued to claim that computers (and media) would rob humanity of its basic 'innocence-imagination.'
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What do you think?
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Two sentimental Caucasians named Ethan and Evan working in North America were evaluating the capitalism impact of the computer/software giants Apple (co-founded by Steve Jobs) and Microsoft (co-founded by Bill Gates). Ethan was a Wall Street bureaucrat, while Evan was a construction worker working in D.C. Ethan and Evan met on an Internet chatroom and began debating about which company (Apple or Microsoft) had a greater impact on 21st Century consumerism. Ethan and Evan were ideal 'commerce critics.'
{Ethan & Evan}
Ethan felt that Apple was a great symbol of new age capitalism, since its products (e.g., iPhone, iMac, iPad) characterized consumers' interests in products for lifestyle that were ergonomically/aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly. Evan felt that Microsoft was a great symbol of new age capitalism, since its various operating-systems and applications made it a penultimate symbol of business-world conveniences (e.g., Windows Mobile). In a way, Ethan and Evan were both correct, since Apple and Microsoft both captured the magic/charm of 21st Century consumerism/commerce.
{Apple & Microsoft}
Of course, Steve Jobs helped Apple become a household name, and his products/innovations help keep his company competitive and at-pace with Microsoft. Bill Gates of Microsoft helped his software-company become the ultimate symbol of capital success, hoisting Bill himself to the level of 'legendary profiteer.' In fact, Gates became one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in American history. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates became 'celebrities' and Ethan/Evan wanted to know which 'computing-world icon' was a greater 'titan' in capitalism.
{Steve Jobs & Bill Gates}
ETHAN: Jobs/Apple was more creative...
EVAN: Gates/Microsoft was more pragmatic...
ETHAN: The iPhone has replaced the landline!
EVAN: Windows Mobile has changed the way we conceived of functionality!
ETHAN: Some feel Jobs was more 'charming' towards consumers.
EVAN: Nevertheless, Gates was more 'business-minded.'
ETHAN: Let's imagine Steve Jobs was like Lancelot.
EVAN: Alright; let's imagine Bill Gates was like Mordred (Lancelot's rival).
ETHAN: Lancelot was more cavalier and full of enchantment...
EVAN: Yet, he was embroiled in scandals; Mordred was more level-headed.
ETHAN: Yet, Mordred was much more war-minded and unnaturally ambitious!
EVAN: Well, Jobs is like Lancelot, since the two are more 'imaginative.'
ETHAN: Then Gates is like Mordred, since the two are more 'utilitarian.'
EVAN: Who'd you want to win in a competition --- Jobs/Lancelot or Gates/Mordred?
ETHAN: Jobs/Lancelot should win in a contest about youth-folklore.
EVAN: Gates/Mordred should win in a contest about marketing and politics.
ETHAN: Microsoft faced that terrible anti-monopoly lawsuit.
EVAN: Jobs died young, and Apple/Lancelot will be considered 'icons' of folklore(!).
ETHAN: Lancelot and Mordred will always be considered 'culture-foils.'
EVAN: There're nice parallels between American folklore and British mythology.
ETHAN: Isn't that why the presidency of JFK was sometimes called 'Camelot'?
EVAN: Anyways, TrumpUSA commerce/media benefits from all this 'calligraphy.'
ETHAN: Sure; Americans appreciate good competitive storytelling.
{Lancelot & Mordred}
After Ethan and Evan concluded this comparison-discussion of Jobs/Lancelot and Gates/Mordred, they decided that Apple and Microsoft were ideal/perfect 'capitalism-company' foils for modern-era commerce, well-suited for 'TrumpUSA ideology.' After all, TrumpUSA was all about capitalism-bravado, media-frills, political-levity, and pedestrian-prose. Ethan/Evan wondered if Apple and Microsoft would be likened to more serious competition 'standards' such as the USA and the USSR. Would Jobs and Gates really be compared to folkloric character-competing foils such as Lancelot and Mordred? Would capitalism be measured/levied in terms of competition-folklore and bias-ideology?
Meanwhile, the flurry of anti-TrumpUSA street-protests delivered home the message that Americans would not simply be 'assuaged' with political promises of great capitalism-barons (e.g., Donald Trump) 'seizing the reigns' of a capitalist-nation heading into the 21st Century with great post-9/11 bravado. These protesters were worried about media-scandals, capitalism arrogance (e.g., Gulf War), and the dominion of modern profiteers (e.g., Bill Gates). If TrumpUSA was to become a beacon or tower of capitalism-ideology, social critics and patriots such as Ethan/Evan would have to determine if Apple/Microsoft axes truly represented American cool.
LANCELOT: If we fight, I'd strike at your body and arms.
MORDRED: I'd go for your head and legs...
LANCELOT: Our battle would be truly 'iconic.'
MORDRED: In the future, people will compare us to others!
LANCELOT: Yes, perhaps social profiteers and barons.
MORDRED: Pioneers in industry and innovation and engineering.
LANCELOT: I'm more of an 'elegance-fighter.'
MORDRED: I'm more of an 'arrogance-fighter.'
LANCELOT: Maybe they'll design games modeled after us!
MORDRED: They should...
LANCELOT: Politics always breeds hyperbole (in history).
Would Apple and Microsoft make America a bandleader in international technology? Would computers, replacing manual labor steadily and surely, become hallmarks of American intellectualism? Would Steve Jobs be compared to the colorful knight Lancelot? Would Bill Gates be compared to the embossed knight/warlord Mordred? Would TrumpUSA be considered a 'tower' of great controversy? There were still critics of all this 'socialization progress' who continued to claim that computers (and media) would rob humanity of its basic 'innocence-imagination.'
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