21 January 2010

Mall Post

One of the only places in the current human society which people in all walks of life participate is the mall. Commodities and items are made by people in countries who will never walk the halls of the religious sanctum. Corporations produce the product, involving countless middle men, and advertisers make the product appealing. The consumers are brought together under specific corporations, catering to their personal preferences, uniting them under their ‘scene’ (Indies, punks, high class, blue color, even ‘christianity’ and Christianity). These people would never meet in most of their everyday lives because each ‘scene’ has a culture of their own. The mall is a place where stuff is sold and everyone believes they need stuff to a certain extent. Every thing and every one is connected through the Mall. And they, we, are all still able to rub shoulders with each other without thinking or communicating to what is in front of them.

1 comment:

  1. Great analysis, Hannah. Sounds like Arthur Jensen's New World Order of one giant corporation isn't too far off the mark, when you put it that way about the mall.

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