people being people being an abstraction

might human consciousness be nothing more than an alien experiment or fabrication? i'm certainly not ruling it out, what with the products of our minds being insurance products, cats on a leash, and daytime soap operas to name just a few:

This National Identity Crisis is brought to you by the logo somewhere on the computer you're staring into, the washing machine in your basement, the state-of-the-art bagless vacuum in your closet next to that good ol’ pair of Air Jordans that you still like to wear when you run out to pick up a case of Heineken and a tub of KFC for the Giants game you simply have to watch. It’s not your fault America, somewhere the Dream just quietly turned into a Nightmare. And now that we all know that marketers make tons of money by turning us into Logo Slaves, maybe we can start thinking for ourselves, even if it’s just a little bit. Ask yourself, do you really love the car you drive or do you love it because other people think you should love it and are willing to finance you to insure that you do?

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