Comment Land of the Free (Score 1) 655
While a bit overdramatic, Katz raised a few good points.
I'm amazed at the parallels he draws between corporate America and communist China. Suppressing individualism, promoting conformity (though that's a tad redundant), corrupting the political system... I wonder if that was intentional.
One thing Katz would do well to cultivate is a little faith in humanity. He forgets that despite corporate-world-domination-schemes and totalitarian governments (like China), humans have one very strong attribute that lets us survive every time. We're tough to keep down. We're tough to kill.
To quote Bill Hicks, "We're a virus with shoes."
Besides, without McDonald's and AOL/Time Warner, who would we take our anti-establishment sentiment out on? The government?
I'm amazed at the parallels he draws between corporate America and communist China. Suppressing individualism, promoting conformity (though that's a tad redundant), corrupting the political system... I wonder if that was intentional.
One thing Katz would do well to cultivate is a little faith in humanity. He forgets that despite corporate-world-domination-schemes and totalitarian governments (like China), humans have one very strong attribute that lets us survive every time. We're tough to keep down. We're tough to kill.
To quote Bill Hicks, "We're a virus with shoes."
Besides, without McDonald's and AOL/Time Warner, who would we take our anti-establishment sentiment out on? The government?
