The job of television is to deliver you to industry.
You are the product, industry the consumer.
The well-maintained illusion
Is that the opposite is true —
But though you can do without It,
It can’t do without you.
The job of television is to deliver you to leadership
That delivers you to industry.
The well-maintained illusion
Is that the final choice is yours —
In fact, that you’re given any choice at all.
Coke or Pepsi?
Deliver your eyes to the screen,
Deliver yourself to the ads.
Bypass the ads
And they will find you.
The ads are the content, the content the ads:
Something to keep you interested in the exchange
But ignorant of the deal.
Television exists in the public interest
But you are not the public.
