“It has taken us centuries of thought and mockery to shake the medieval system; thought and mockery here and now are required to prevent the mechanists [technocrats] from building another.”

Dora Russell,* The Right to Be Happy (1927), preface. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mockery (*see sidebar)

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Will They Never Learn?

If you haven’t yet encountered the “depth charges” of Hitler Rants Parodies,* this is one parody you should not miss. Corporations, like fallen empires, are self-destructing with the avant-garde hubris of supposedly “turning things upside down” — by pretending to be “unburdened by what has been.” But, if they knew their history, they are just repeating / copying the blueprint of inevitable demise.


Hitler reacts to Jaguar's rebrand
(Hitler Rants Parodies | Nov 27, 2024 | Time 4:07 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKt3R2W8qzY
For the sake of comparison, see what these other corporations have apparently learned:
Apple Melts Internet With Anti-WOKE, Pro-Family Christmas Ad | WOW, Just Watch...
(Benny Johnson | Nov 29, 2024 | Time 14:18 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s3DeUyyKLQ&t=297s
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* https://www.youtube.com/@hitlerrantsparodies
“Hitler Rants Parodies is a channel dedicated to Downfall Parodies.
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“All Downfall scenes used in theses parodies are the property of Constantin Film.”