Newell News International: Banksy Caveman

The packet that failed to fill a hole

It has been a long while since I've purchased a packet of crisps but after a busy afternoon looking for some presents for the family I stopped off for an expensive, pre-packed sandwich filled with salt, and a bag of Walkers Crisps. I was shocked when I opened them to find that I had effectively opened a bag of air. I resisted the urge to freak out over the contents and reflected upon the situation.

For 34g of processed potato today there seems to be a lot less than in a packet of crisps a decade ago. This seems to have happened with everything including chocolate bars. Aside from the fact I would prefer to eat an apple, I begrudge paying for a single mars knowing it is as expensive as the old king size bar but half the size of the original. Then if I want to 'super size' it costs me nearly £1 for a double bar that is about the size of the old king size. Madness.

A pound is not what is used to be. Thank you Bank of England.

Advertising, this shits got to go

So whilst the banks continue to screw the planet, the corporations conspire to compound the problem by making products smaller and charging you the same price or more. This is done for two reasons. One because they are trying to convince us it is for health reasons, that by making chocolate bars and crisps contain less it will reduce obesity. The other is that it enables companies to 'hold the price' whilst providing us 'an affordable treat'.

Of course this is utter nonsense on all levels.

If the reality was that the world wanted to fight obesity in the UK and other parts of the 'civil'-ised world, then they would not let cereal companies push their under nourishing products on our children. They would not let McDonald's promote World Cups or other sporting events. They would not let Coca-Cola claim it was thirst quenching or employ Santa Claus to promote it, nor develop kiddies yo-yo's or footballs.

These corporations, that feed on the life blood of our future generations, would not spend billions on advertising to create super consumers that grow emotional attachments to their products, products that not only have a detriment to the health of everyone that consumes them but to the lives of those people in the lands where these corporations cut corners in the pursuit of the dollar and ruin natural water courses and aquifers, making land non-arable.

Banksy does evolution

We have all been there and seen it, used it, drank it, done it and/or played with their free Disney movie toy, but we have the power to choose. We can choose to break free of this cycle and not let our children's futures be hijacked by them.

It is 'time' to save the humans.