Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Not new
It's hugely annoying to encounter pro-riot advertising everywhere you look, but I was reminded just now that it's NOT NEW. I was looking at some radio magazines and radio station brochures from 1968-69. Same shit. Jumping on the hippie bandwagon, cheering the "protesters".
Remember "I want to buy the world a Coke"?
There's a more negative tone now, because Share Value has freed up big corporations from the need to have customers. In '69 the corporations weren't openly ordering people to Kill Whitey. Now they are.
But even now there are a few notable exceptions among the companies I use. Ebay has been free of messages so far, and Google's front panel hasn't pushed the message nearly as hard as others.
Labels: #bluelivesmatter
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