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Extreme Violence Has A Way Of Preventing Us From Seeing The Interests It Serves.

Despite Different Cultures, Middle-class Youth All Over The World Seem To Live Their Lives As If In A Parallel Universe. They Get Up In The Morning, Put On Their Levi's And Nikes, Grab Their Caps And Backpacks, And Sony Personal Cd Players And Head For School.

People Without Memory Are Putty.

I See The Gap Ads As Being A Great Example Of How Branding Has Changed. Those Gap Campaigns Are Pop Culture. They've Been Incredibly Powerful. They Have Had The Kind Of Effect On Culture That A Hit Band Has. Just Look At The Gap's Khaki Swing Ads, Which Were Music Videos. They Had This Tremendous Impact On The Industry - Suddenly Everything Started Looking Like Gap Ads And It Became Difficult To Know Who Was Co-opting Whom And Who Was Creating Culture.

It (the Chinese Move To Embrace Capitalism In 1989) Is A Mirror Of The Corporatist State First Pioneered In Chile Under Pinochet: A Revolving Door Between Corporate And Political Elites Who Combine Their Power To Eliminate Workers As An Organized Political Force. The Creation Of Today's Market Society Was Not The Result Of A Sequence Of Spontaneous Events But Rather Of State Interference And Violence.