- Sep 22, 2013
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Should capitalism come with its own set of 'morality fables' (e.g., Aesop's Fables)?
Does TrumpUSA require such folk monitoring?
What do you think?
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"Lord Shiva, master of destruction/meditation, and his deity-wife, goddess Durga, decided to descend to Earth and take the appearance of two organic biologists working at Salk Institute studying the social impact of synthetically/artificially grown and genetically-modified foods (e.g., oversized tomatoes!). Shiva/Durga wanted to help mankind through a process of 'Deus Ex Machina' (intervening in the activities of human civilization!). How could the capitalism that created a demand for synthetic foods be nurtured by the imagination of the gods?"
"Shiva and Durga began their work at Salk (disguised as a scientist married couple!) and investigated the marketability of genetically-grown bananas. These bananas would be specially designed to be extra juicy and luscious and would involve the latest understandings in genomics(!). However, stern critiques from anti-science groups including the conservative Christian Coalition believed the work at Salk was symbolic of anti-social imagination."
"Shiva discovered that some of the bio-organics and bio-tech research/studies at Salk involved the development of new cybernetic shuttles capable of blending into natural environments and evading radar detection(!). Shiva immediately understood these scientific inquiries would only plunge man headlong into the endless vanities of competition and warfare. What could Shiva and Durga do to prevent civilization from becoming scientifically savage?"
"Durga created a series of color-pencil stick-figure child-like doodles depicting an anti-capitalism demon/upstart named Satan the Clown [SC]. The job of SC was to seduce men into thinking that Consumer Reports and Popular Science was not equipped to 'handle' the scientific curiosity of mankind. Durga used these science-marketing themed political-cartoons involving SC to argue that civilization had simply become too arrogant about media and marketing bazaars."
"Shiva complemented Durga's SC political cartoons with a series of photographs of classic airplanes designed to hype the overall 'matrix aesthetics' of warfare-consciousness(!). Shiva and Durga's contributions were mentioned in a special modernism editorial/article in the New Yorker titled Becoming Capitalist. The piece won the Pulitzer Prize, and Shiva/Durga decided to return to the heavens, confident their social work in the area of capitalism imagination had detracted mankind from investing too much in commercial vanities (e.g., giant tomatoes!)."
SHIVA: I wonder if Consumer Reports will be weighed properly..
DURGA: Perhaps our work in civilization promotes objectivity!
SHIVA: It's possible that focused work will create temperance...
DURGA: Consumerism can quickly become a 'cholesterol-device.'
SHIVA: Maybe today's working men and women are 'diplomats.'
DURGA: As long as economics does not become a 'mad science,' we'll be fine!
SHIVA: This is the era of journalism...
"Would mankind continue to wrestle with the subject of marketing controversial science? Would American supermarkets offer consumers genetically-modified giant foods? Would Consumer Reports continue to offer society proper evaluation of market standards and perspectives? Would Shiva/Durga be needed for a future 'Capitalism Deux Ex Machina' and if so, would TrumpUSA be remembered as some kind of 'tower' of commerce achievement?"
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Does TrumpUSA require such folk monitoring?
What do you think?
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"Lord Shiva, master of destruction/meditation, and his deity-wife, goddess Durga, decided to descend to Earth and take the appearance of two organic biologists working at Salk Institute studying the social impact of synthetically/artificially grown and genetically-modified foods (e.g., oversized tomatoes!). Shiva/Durga wanted to help mankind through a process of 'Deus Ex Machina' (intervening in the activities of human civilization!). How could the capitalism that created a demand for synthetic foods be nurtured by the imagination of the gods?"
"Shiva and Durga began their work at Salk (disguised as a scientist married couple!) and investigated the marketability of genetically-grown bananas. These bananas would be specially designed to be extra juicy and luscious and would involve the latest understandings in genomics(!). However, stern critiques from anti-science groups including the conservative Christian Coalition believed the work at Salk was symbolic of anti-social imagination."
"Shiva discovered that some of the bio-organics and bio-tech research/studies at Salk involved the development of new cybernetic shuttles capable of blending into natural environments and evading radar detection(!). Shiva immediately understood these scientific inquiries would only plunge man headlong into the endless vanities of competition and warfare. What could Shiva and Durga do to prevent civilization from becoming scientifically savage?"
"Durga created a series of color-pencil stick-figure child-like doodles depicting an anti-capitalism demon/upstart named Satan the Clown [SC]. The job of SC was to seduce men into thinking that Consumer Reports and Popular Science was not equipped to 'handle' the scientific curiosity of mankind. Durga used these science-marketing themed political-cartoons involving SC to argue that civilization had simply become too arrogant about media and marketing bazaars."
"Shiva complemented Durga's SC political cartoons with a series of photographs of classic airplanes designed to hype the overall 'matrix aesthetics' of warfare-consciousness(!). Shiva and Durga's contributions were mentioned in a special modernism editorial/article in the New Yorker titled Becoming Capitalist. The piece won the Pulitzer Prize, and Shiva/Durga decided to return to the heavens, confident their social work in the area of capitalism imagination had detracted mankind from investing too much in commercial vanities (e.g., giant tomatoes!)."
SHIVA: I wonder if Consumer Reports will be weighed properly..
DURGA: Perhaps our work in civilization promotes objectivity!
SHIVA: It's possible that focused work will create temperance...
DURGA: Consumerism can quickly become a 'cholesterol-device.'
SHIVA: Maybe today's working men and women are 'diplomats.'
DURGA: As long as economics does not become a 'mad science,' we'll be fine!
SHIVA: This is the era of journalism...
"Would mankind continue to wrestle with the subject of marketing controversial science? Would American supermarkets offer consumers genetically-modified giant foods? Would Consumer Reports continue to offer society proper evaluation of market standards and perspectives? Would Shiva/Durga be needed for a future 'Capitalism Deux Ex Machina' and if so, would TrumpUSA be remembered as some kind of 'tower' of commerce achievement?"
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