Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Yes men fix the world

The Yes Men's media critique employs the tactic of culture jamming. They are notorious for posing as spokesmen from profit-driven corporations which intent on satisfying their greed. as these fake spokesmen, they speak at conferences pitching their fake ideas in a serious manner. Though their ideas are sometimes preposterous like the killing of plant workers to make flesh-scented candles, some are what people expect greed corporations to do like DOW chemical liquidating union carbide to pay for the suffering of the people of Bohpal after the UC plant their exploded. concepts related to them include culture jamming, plausibility vs. profit, the advertisements of ideas and feelings rather than factually selling a produt, and truth in advertising.

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