RE: Zombies: a metaphor for Unthinking Masses?
July 8, 2013 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2013 at 2:57 pm by Koolay.)
(July 8, 2013 at 2:43 pm)frankiej Wrote:(July 8, 2013 at 2:24 pm)Koolay Wrote: Metaphors can be consciously and subconsciously written. If you could just say what you mean, then it wouldn't be art.
People shopping peacefully doesn't really strike an emotional cord.
People attacking consumers and destroying shops, is a lot more powerful considering that is what the government is in progress of doing right now.
The parallels between the consumer and zombies is quite clear. We simply go through the motions of consumption, often caring far more about what we buy than anything else. Consumerism makes a society mindless creatures focused on want rather than need.
You evidently watch and consume cartoons... You don't need that do you?
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