That CNN clip is mindboggling. Cognitive dissonance much?

I don't always agree with adbusters, but I do think that it will take some kind of shock therapy to get the overconsumptive world out of the growth mindset.

I used to work in an advertising agency. Occasionally I'd bring in a copy of Adbusters, and when no one was looking, I'd just leave it lying around (the nearer to reception, the better). I'd also deface the regular magazines because they were so unbelievably offensive.

No one cared, no one noticed, no one wanted to talk about it.

I eventually quit that job because I felt like I was contributing to the construction of an immoral, exploitative world (in a very small way admittedly), and because I was surrounded by people who either embraced that world actively, or paid no attention or thought to the issues at all.

Sorry for the rant. I know it's ridiculously melodramatic but after five years there I felt totally hollow and numb.

Thanks for the vid Jeff. I appreciate the help and it's a great meme to spread. I remember the first Adbusters I ever picked up, Systematically Distorted Information, and it's stayed with me for a long time in a way view other things have.