Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine
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if every child chased dreams of societal reorganization in place
of sweet wrappers and escape, then we would see mr cadbury’s
enlightened industrialism for what it really fucking is: social
morphine – we’d have ourselves a pre-school army. walt disney is
pushing social and sexual hierarchy, my bed-time stories like a
gmtv gomulka. slumbering in my jimmy-jammies, my wondrous
imagination long since closed and put away. willy wonka was a
capitalist confidence trickster, a poster boy for
neo-liberalism, a full-stop on revolt. and the bfg a
propagandist for an unaccountable regime, orwell’s vision with a
wrinkled face. hold out the arm and quiet the voice. my first
macdonald’s visit a vaccination, like the time my parents took
me to the school / clinic, and handed me over to the teacher /
nurse / whatever. i too got sucked in by the myth machine.
unattainable, but i just wish we weren’t so fucking mindless.
drowned in a recurring nightmare of causal influence. a little
more suspicion in our fairy tales please. mum and dad, i’m
sorry, i won’t do what enid blyton told me. our jealousy at
their opportunity: the once weak will one day rule this world.
the monsters underneath the bed are merely jaded failings.
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