Explaining Commercials

It's an interesting take on TeeeeVeeeeee commercials as 'theology.'

..."In television-commercial parables, the root cause of evil is Technological Innocence, a failure to know the particulars of the beneficent accomplishments of industrial progress.  This is the primary source of unhappiness, humiliation, and discord in life.  And, as forcefully depicted in the Parable of the Ring [Around the Collar], the consequences of technological innocence may strike at any time, without warning, and with the full force of their disintegrating action."...

 ..."Just when, as a religious people, we replaced our faith in traditional ideas of God with a belief in the ennobling force of Technology is not easy to say. . .[but TV commercials] constitute the most abundant literature we possess of our new spiritual commitment."...

If you think about it for a minute, that certainly includes commercials from slip-and-fall lawyers who appeal to mythical 'justice' as the paradise to be reached through money.

Who knew??