Letter:
To Walmart executives or whoever it may concern,
My name is Zach Williams and I have recently been enlightened with a new look at what you do and how you do it. I would like to start off by saying how disgusted and appalled I am that such classy people such as yourselves have such low morals that you will do literally anything to make an extra dollar. Sure money CAN make life easier but at what cost? I am writing this letter in the hopes that I can change your mind on how you conduct your businesses so that we may live in a world that values people for who they are and not what they buy or look like.
After reading the book Culture Jam several issues stuck out that pertain to corporations exactly like yourself. The name Walmart is a brand name just like NIKE or COCA COLA however these names are cover ups that are secretly eroding our country from the inside. But guess what? Even you can be consume by the monster that is the brand name America. "This multi-trillion dollar brand" (xii) is the mother load composed of all corporations that have cast a dark and potentially fatal shadow over us. You are consuming all of the smaller businesses until only you remain. This is convenient for many people that they do not realize what is about to come.
The people that own these businesses can't help but buy what stores like yours have to offer due to variety and price however the products that they themselves carry are sure to be of better quality. You should be ashamed with your advertisements. Almost everyday I see some flyer with coupons in the newspaper for Walmart and the great savings but all you are doing is getting the chip you have embedded in peoples already clustered minds to track to your store to make an extra dollar. Your store is full of robots walking around programmed to purchase what you want them to and they don't even know how badly they have been duped.
Your probably whispering "Oh no not another complainer" but I have news for you. Complaining and diminishing is the thing of the past. The future is change. There is hope for change thanks to a new breed of people. They are a "growing band of people who have given up on the American dream" (112). Through reading about these people I have realized that instead of chipping away at the pyramid from the base I'm going to knock it down from the top. Instead of ridiculing people for not recycling we will "give the courage to let go of their old orthodoxies' and to 'bring revolutionary consciousness and contestation back into the modern world by standing up and boldly announcing to the world 'We will wreck the world" (121).
Now I am not saying that we are going to come burn down your building or kill someone. I am simply saying that you need to seriously reconsider the ways in which you conduct your business. It's your wife and your children that will suffer from the take over of corporate America. Help them help you. It's better for everyone. Sure you'll make a little less money but isn't a nice subaru just as good as a 7series BMW? Not for your image but for the ground on which you stand on it is. Or maybe you'd like to be looking good on your tumble into space once the planet which you are destroying through greed and corruption is gone.
Corporation:
Surprise: The end of the video really took me by surprise because after slamming down the current situation with America it shed a little bit of light on the future saying that there is in fact hope. It hits you hard with constant information about issues here and problems there and then right at the end gives the mood swing and finishes with a lighter but still heavy air. I did not see that coming.
Agitation: I was appalled at the fact that media companies such as FOX covered up certain stories. I always thought that FOX was far too media induced however this is just repulsive. The corporations are higher than the people that report our news. Have I been watching lies?
New Learning: The fact that these corporations had faces and were considered people blew my mind. It's weird and strange to think about going to a store and have it being like I'm going to visit one of my friends. This is obviously the sense of feeling that they want to bestow upon anyone lonely person they can find. Come here I'm your friend! Shop here!
Question: How can I convince people to change? After reading Culture Jam and watching this video I have found new ways in which I myself can make a difference but how about others? I could show this movie to everyone I know but that wouldn't even make a dent. We need to find a way to spread this knowledge without getting frustrated? It is incredibly difficult to get people to change there old ways but we can do it.
1. Letter: While your letter makes several good and valid points, I fear that your tone won't be taken seriously and you will be easily dismissed. In reading some of your other posts, I know that you can put together a compelling and more professional rant!
ReplyDelete2. The Corporation: Educating others is my biggest hope. How can we truly push for and attain positive social and economic justice without finding our voices and sharing it with others? There is certainly a power in each individual, but it is only together and united that real change occurs. Organized people is the answer to organized power. (Saul Alinsky)