Thursday, January 26, 2012

Zombie Capitalism


It is the year 2012 and apocalypse is on the lips of everyone. Whether the end comes from the ancient Mayans, street corner preachers like Harold Camping or Zombies, eschatology is making a nice showing this year. Now, ingenious capitalists are looking profit from your fear.

The Zombie Apocalypse store in Las Vegas has all of your end of the world needs covered. It has bullets and machetes. It has do it yourself videos for sale. It has a gourmet food section so you can fill your bunker in case of the grim end. It also has gold and silver for where the currency markets implode in the wake of zombie pressure. One can never have enough bullion in the house for our liking. Maybe you want to make a fashion statement out of everyone's misery? It's got you covered with zombified Hello Kitty apparel. Basically, the Zombie Apocalypse store is the end all, be all you need. Don't wait until the end though or it will be like trying to shop at Walmart right before a major snowstorm hits the Midwest. There will be long lines of hoarders selfishly guarding enough milk to pour in a thousand saucers and so much bread that everything will be stale before the snow even melts. Which reminds us, why in the world do we go for only bread and milk if we truly think we're going to be snowed in for weeks? Is that really what humans need to survive?

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