Friday, October 22, 2004
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Beyond anger
Star Wars deal places US missiles on UK soil
This is part the flow of power, decisions being taken at cabinet levels around the world. Our parliamentary representation is non-existent.
Welcome to the deconstructionction of liberal democracy.
Welcome, to the real world.
This is part the flow of power, decisions being taken at cabinet levels around the world. Our parliamentary representation is non-existent.
Welcome to the deconstructionction of liberal democracy.
Welcome, to the real world.
Monday, September 27, 2004
How to be different in a homogenous world
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Virgin boss in space tourism bid: "Sir Richard says it will cost around �100,000 to go on a 'Virgin Galactic' spaceliner, and the first flights should begin in about three years' time...We've done quite a lot of research; we think there are about 3,000 people out there who would want to do this,' Sir Richard told the BBC.
'If it is a success, we want to move into orbital flights and then, possibly, even get a hotel up there.'"
3,000 x 100,000 = 300 Million GB Pounds
It is true that in a liberal democracy we are free to spend our money any way we want to.
And still the poor starve in dictatorships supported by the first world, because they are cheap labour and their countries have cheap resources.
Meanwhile, we are homogenised consumers, indoctrinated into believing that the only way we can differentiate ourselves is by possessing goods and services (Memories) different from the other wage serfs.
100,000 for a space trip will be the ultiamte in middle-class dinner party cultural capital.
'If it is a success, we want to move into orbital flights and then, possibly, even get a hotel up there.'"
3,000 x 100,000 = 300 Million GB Pounds
It is true that in a liberal democracy we are free to spend our money any way we want to.
And still the poor starve in dictatorships supported by the first world, because they are cheap labour and their countries have cheap resources.
Meanwhile, we are homogenised consumers, indoctrinated into believing that the only way we can differentiate ourselves is by possessing goods and services (Memories) different from the other wage serfs.
100,000 for a space trip will be the ultiamte in middle-class dinner party cultural capital.
The commodification of the beautiful game
BBC NEWS | Business | Selling Manchester United to its fans: "'We have fan loyalty, and in any other business that would mean we would have customers spending on a repeat basis.
'Someone can be cradle-to-grave fan, but we will not necessarily have them spending anything with us.
'The question we are asking is how we build a relationship with the fans, and at the same time turn them into lifelong customers of the club?'"
'Someone can be cradle-to-grave fan, but we will not necessarily have them spending anything with us.
'The question we are asking is how we build a relationship with the fans, and at the same time turn them into lifelong customers of the club?'"
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Who needsd god when Oprah can answer your prays?
Fool.com: Oprah's Product Placement [Motley Fool Take] September 14, 2004: "Will Oprah Winfrey drive Pontiacs into pop culture popularity? Maybe so, considering Oprah -- whom we recently crowned 'Investment Guru' -- gave away 276 Pontiac G6 2005 sports sedans to her entire studio audience for her season premiere on Monday. The recipients were handpicked as people whose families and friends had written to Oprah stating that they needed new cars, making it an episode about aspirations and wish fulfillment."
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