Visions
The Jenga Effect
It seems the problem with the society of spectacle turns out to be one of enormous proportions.
People become so addicted to the products and representations of a fake reality, that they forget
what the real world is about, and allow others to make important choices for them. The result is a
brainwashed world that allows atrocities to happen simply because the system cannot afford more
humane behavior. If a company stops practicing an immoral procedure, another one will jump at the
chance to usurp that opportunity for himself.
Specialization has created the ultimate problem, and that is too much of a complex interrelated
system to be able to be understood, or changed. It seems before in a less complex system, an
individual could take action and could afford to join an upset mob, kill the clan's leader, and put
someone else in charge, changing what the group considered to be wrong. But as our village turns
into a global empire in which all the systems are woven like neurons to a brain, the individual
finds himself more helpless every day. No one controls the system; it seems to have a life of its
own. This is what I'd like to call the jenga effect, fear of realizing any action to change the
status quo because there's too much at risk, and not enough discomfort to execute an action. The
average citizen chooses to do what he's told as long as he feels he can oblige in exchange of a
comfortable life.
The relationship between the corporations and the consumer can be very twisted indeed. When studied
closely, it can be compared to a sadomasochist interconnection in which the company gets off by the
consumers begging for it.
