NOT A FAKEPOST:

i hate ads and advertising and big business for reasons i might add to this post if i feel like it in two minutes, but i am also aware that this is a smaller, simple trade show. therefore, these organizations were probably groups of independent software developers trying to sell their product to distributors or other developers. because of this, it was lame of gizmodo to do as a prank, but it's not that difficult to TURN TVS BACK ON, so whatever.

that having been said, i feel like i need to respond to whatever individual (i don't remember which one of you cunt-babies it was) said something along the lines of "imagine the world without businesses blah blah blah third world etc.. etc..." actually fuck it, i'll find a quote:

yeah, this. this is a steaming pile of stupid, and i had to read it a couple times to make sure that whoever the fuck HANDSOME LAMB is really just did not comprehend what is going on in the world. the anti business attitude stems from the fact that, since before the turn of the 20th century, business has been at the root of class inequality and poverty in america.

because america supposedly does not meddle in the fiscal affairs of its citizens, the distribution of wealth is handled almost exclusively by private sector organizations (i.e. - BIG BUSINESS) it began much earlier, but the whole system of really caught its stride in the late 1880s with the robber barons etc... who, if they had their way, (and they did until the labor movement) would have imposed 14 hour days, no unions etc.

FURTHERMORE (and this is the biggest reason to hate american business) our government is in the shitty state it's in now precisely because of business influence. these organizations have the money to influence legislation and policy in their favor, and so they take advantage of that opportunity. american business is the reason hurricane katrina victims have had their homes forclosed, american business is the reason we have such a horrible illegal immigration issue (because of NAFTA, not simply because they hire illegals) american business is the reason we're at war in the middle east, and american business is the reason that the low income housing on my block was razed last thursday to make room for condominiums.

finally, i just want to add that advertising is horrible, because it's just another method businesses use to trick people into helping them make money, instead of realizing that they are being controlled by the mass media machine.





*puts on tinfoil hat*

heh heh heh now they cant read my brainwaves