Thanks to Comrade E for this poorly-made tin Chinese clock (the Worker's Revolution seems to have created a Worker's Give-A-Shit Attitude about quality) depicting a profile of Mao with a bunch of Revolutionaries, one of whom waves Mao's Little Red Book in time with the clicking of the second hand (which has on its tip a fighter jet). Truly an amazing find and cherished by Comrade X as a symbol of the coming Revolution, a symbol that tells him that the time is right! That we will prevail! That we will not simply make clocks (and why does a Chinese clock depicting Chinese revolutionaries presumably for the purpose of keeping their ire up as they wake up each morning to the shrill tinny bell of the alarm and see, first thing, Mao and a depiction of themselves, essentially, worshiping Mao -- why does such a clock have Arabic numerals? Don't the Chinese have their own numbers? This seems strange to Comrade X), but will make QUALITY products for ... wait, hold up: that makes no sense. What WILL we do after the Revolution? I'M not going to work in some factory. And I certainly don't want crappily-made products cluttering up my house. SOMEBODY has to make stuff -- but who? That is the challenge Comrade X throws out to you fellow Revolutionaries: where's our stuff going to come from after we ridicule all the OTHER stuff out there to cause the Revolution? First one with a workable answer wins an authentic Chinese Revolutionary clock! Actually keeps time!Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What time is it? Revolution Time!
Thanks to Comrade E for this poorly-made tin Chinese clock (the Worker's Revolution seems to have created a Worker's Give-A-Shit Attitude about quality) depicting a profile of Mao with a bunch of Revolutionaries, one of whom waves Mao's Little Red Book in time with the clicking of the second hand (which has on its tip a fighter jet). Truly an amazing find and cherished by Comrade X as a symbol of the coming Revolution, a symbol that tells him that the time is right! That we will prevail! That we will not simply make clocks (and why does a Chinese clock depicting Chinese revolutionaries presumably for the purpose of keeping their ire up as they wake up each morning to the shrill tinny bell of the alarm and see, first thing, Mao and a depiction of themselves, essentially, worshiping Mao -- why does such a clock have Arabic numerals? Don't the Chinese have their own numbers? This seems strange to Comrade X), but will make QUALITY products for ... wait, hold up: that makes no sense. What WILL we do after the Revolution? I'M not going to work in some factory. And I certainly don't want crappily-made products cluttering up my house. SOMEBODY has to make stuff -- but who? That is the challenge Comrade X throws out to you fellow Revolutionaries: where's our stuff going to come from after we ridicule all the OTHER stuff out there to cause the Revolution? First one with a workable answer wins an authentic Chinese Revolutionary clock! Actually keeps time!
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Kelly Wearstler ?
ReplyDeleteWhile I enjoy the thought of Kelly Wearstler being forced to work in a revolutionary-created sweatshop along with all the other social detritus (such as fashionistas, hipsters, style consultants, personal shoppers, those people who make that book that decides what color will be popular the following year, film critics, music critics, musicians who participate in things like Lollapalooza, everyone at Burning Man, everyone in Hollywood, the people who put out muscle car/skateboard/extreme sport/etc. magazines, literature professors, everyone at The New Yorker, teenagers, sycophants, hangers-on and assorted parasites, and all those who do nothing productive in society), I don't want to have to wear shitty-looking clothing designed by talentless hacks who think too highly of themselves due to their association with all the other types who will be working alongside her.
ReplyDeleteYet another problem the Central Committee has to consider.
-- X
Think of how excited Winston Smith would have been with a clock such as this. He would have gasped at its beauty: the color, the smooth texture of the paint, the vigilant revolutionary waving its little red book! the fact that it actually tells time, well, what a bonus. All I can say is: doubleplusgood to the proles of the world...
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You did NOT just say doubleplusgood!
ReplyDeleteOh yes I did!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyHm6bU0Vzg
hee!
-E
Lets make our own stuff.(and then sell it)
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Commrade E,
ReplyDeleteexcellent Eurythmics song. more relavent than ever.
Le F