Envy and Jealousy? Gag Me With a Silver Spoon

[xchrom]

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/24-2



Here on our whimsical island off the coast of the Eastern Seaboard, we have a company called Manhattan Mini Storage that is as famous for the semi-snarky wit of its billboards and subway posters as it is for the spaces it rents to we New Yorkers who live in apartments so small the mice are stoop-shouldered.

The sacrifice we make for living here is that we have no room for all our stuff; this storage facility exists to bridge the gap by renting out the urban equivalent of an attic or cellar where we can stash our junk until our next move, new relationship or death.

Some of its advertising addresses this problem directly — “Your closet’s tinier than a runway model’s lunch,” one read a couple of years ago; “When he’s a keeper but his stuff isn’t,” was another favorite. Yet most of the notoriety the firm’s ads have achieved has little to do with their product and much to do with pride of place and politics.

“NYC: Tolerant of your beliefs, judgmental of your shoes,” is a New York state of mind that even those of us who favor sneakers and loafers over Louboutins can get behind. Others are more candidate-specific. “Rick Perry: The voice in your head is not God,” said what a lot of us were thinking and, “If Mitt had storage, he’d be able to find his tax returns,” actually does manage to deftly combine product placement with a point of view.

But their current ad really catches the eye:

“The French aristocracy never saw it coming either.”

[el_bryanto]

1. That's pretty on the nose.

But maybe it will get some people thinking about some stuff.

Bryant

[PowerToThePeople]

2. too low key imo

It does not really get to the true anger that is present out there against the thieves of society.

[CrispyQ]

30. Is this better?

[malaise]

3. Love it

Rec

[n2doc]

4. Aww, somebody's gonna cry! n/t

[UtahLib]

5. K&R nt

[TBF]

6. K&R nt

[daleanime]

7. K&R....

[IrishAyes]

8. Rah, rah, rah!

[KoKo]

9. Recommend....

[VWolf]

10. Love their ads

The first one I ever saw was: "Don't like gay marriage? Then don't get gay-married."

Nice marketing niche they're carved out for themselves. Doesn't hurt that the city is about 90% liberal.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. Good one. nt

[zeemike]

11. They are not worried about it

They have the tea party who suggest they will violently overthrow the government if we don't give the 1% what they want...and a well armed police force to keep their gated communities safe from the unwashed masses.
So they can tell us to "let them eat cake" without fear.

But should the teabaggers wake up and see just how bad they are getting fucked all bets are off.

[Aristus]

13. During the French Revolution, the soldiers, who were supposed to be on the side of

royalty and aristocracy, joined the revolutionaries.

There's no reason to believe that the appointed defenders of the establishment will actually defend them...

[socialist_n_TN]

23. That's pretty much every revolution. In fact the ONLY way a revolution can win......

is when the military, at the very least, stays neutral. That's how the Bolsheviks won too.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. They still have Blackwater

or whatever they are calling themselves these days.

[pinboy3niner]

15. Xeesh! Try to keep up, will you?

[reformist2]

17. You mean Academi!! lol

As Grace Slick once sang, who cares they're always changing corporation names!

[brush]

27. Yeah, they changed their name yet again . . .

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trying to get away from the stench of Blackwater and Xe.

It'll never happen though.

[reformist2]

16. They have their island escapes planned, for sure...

...but who knows what awaits them there?

[Brigid]

18. A few years ago,

HBO ran a miniseries about John Adams. The scenes where he was in France, trying to deal with the eighteenth French aristocracy, were striking: the clothes, the hair the makeup, the complete cluelessness -- if that is at all accurate, it's no wonder the French 99% were soon to revolt. Our 1% is just as bad; it's time more of the rest of us figured it out.

Here's a sample of what I'm talking about:

http://m.

[Hissyspit]

19. Is that Benjamin Franklin with him?

[Brigid]

20. Yep, that's Ben.

He used to stay up all night partying with the French, and come strolling in to the office about noon. John Adams used to get so mad at him!

[Hissyspit]

22. I've always been meaning to get that from Netflix.

[Enthusiast]

21. K&R! Get your filthy ill-gotten gains out of our elections!

[Kurovski]

24. Sharp!

[WillyT]

25. HUGE K & R !!!

[truebluegreen]

26. No one could have predicted.... nt

[B Calm]

28. Rick Perry: The voice in your head is not God, lol.

[DeSwiss]

29. K&R