marketing: a philosophical note (OK, rant)
- To: "misc" <MISC>
- Subject: marketing: a philosophical note (OK, rant)
- From: "vic plichota" <atsvap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 21:42:21 -0400
Big Business decrees:
- what sort of clothes I can wear
- what kind of motorcycle I can own (I'm a 2-stroke freak, sorry...)
- which foods are stocked in my local supermarket
- that I should worry about the fact that my wife doesn't shave her
legs or armpits...
- etc.
Most importantly, Big Business is doing it's utmost to ensure that
cottage-industry will die. Components and tools are regularly
discouraged, denied, suppressed, and withdrawn in favour of (some
asshole's idea of) The Big Picture -- I put up with this pathetic
situation only as I must to survive, and continue to applaud
innovation + the right tool for the right job, even if it doesn't
make me get rich.
tiny frog in a tiny pond, out of his league... - vic
PS: if computers are such a liberating technology, then *why* do I
find myself working harder, for less reward, than ever before?
Christ, no wonder kids today have such a tough time growing-up...