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Truths and Lies

A friend sent me this clip on McCruelty.com recently.... I'm sure this is just the tip of an ice-berg; behind the colours and gleamours of shopping malls and excessive consumerism of the modern human society lies all these "dirty laundry" kept away from the public eye.

Another example i can think of is the BIG LIE where we are being programmed that we can just go about our daily lives concentrating on the "Consumption bit" and ignore the Extraction, Production, Distribution that came before that and Disposal that comes after that....It's time we wake up from Truths like "Perceived Obsolescence" and "Planned Obsolescence"


McCruelty: I'm Hatin' It--Learn More.

Comments

Eric Yee said…
Yo Joe, what do u mean by "perceived obsolescence" and "planned obsolescence" ?
Joe Lim said…
watch the Story of stuff bro
www.thestoryofstuff.com

the creators recently won Time magazine Heros for the environment.

i will be showing this documentary during the talk at buddhist library on the 21 Apr.
Eric Yee said…
thanks for the link. Free Range Studios is a great website & platform. I also saw (for the 2nd time) the funny "The Meatrix" which has a similar message to the McCruelty video. But the Store Wars is my favorite !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E
Joe Lim said…
ha ha ha...i laugh until PENG; how you know I'm a star wars fan? so Fun-knee...
Have you chance upon something similiar on climate change?

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