Book Review: In Defense of Looting

 

There are numerous questionable ways to defend looting; "The media won't pay attention unless there is violence or looting" "Looting rejects the legitimacy of ownership rights and property" "Boston Tea Party" etc. Author Vicky Osterweil mines them all in her new book, In Defense of Looting.

But no major change is possible in America without the support of the people who reject violence and looting. Greater violence during protests only leads to repression and marginalization. Non-violent protests will attract media coverage and foster change in America, but only if they are very large, consistent and sustained.  

Vicky Osterweil revealed her Marxist frame of reference in an August 27, 2020 interview published by NPR:

"It also attacks the very way in which food and things are distributed. It attacks the idea of property, and it attacks the idea that in order for someone to have a roof over their head or have a meal ticket, they have to work for a boss, in order to buy things that people just like them somewhere else in the world had to make under the same conditions. It points to the way in which that's unjust. And the reason that the world is organized that way, obviously, is for the profit of the people who own the stores and the factories. So you get to the heart of that property relation, and demonstrate that without police and without state oppression, we can have things for free."

It's unjust that people have to work for things? We can have things for free! Really? How does that work? Just take what you want? What happens when you run out of free stuff? How do the companies who produce what you take for free continue production with no income? It's a completely ridiculous argument that takes one down the rabbit-hole of Marxist ideology.

 

 

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Funny Vintage Ads (41)

Advertising has always been an interesting way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought.

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 The Kenner Snoopy Drive-in Movie Theater was introduced in 1975
    and used super 8 mm film loop cartridges that lasted about 45 seconds each.

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This Twenty First Century Bourbon whisky bottle was sold as a novelty item called "frisky whiskey."  The bottle was actually empty, except for a small battery-powered motor that was supposed to spook your party guests with its radioactive wobbling.

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The marketing wizard who came up with this campaign apparently didn't know the meaning of Spartan;  "indifference to comfort or luxury traditionally associated with ancient Sparta."

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 Released in 1977, Milky the plastic cow could drink water, and then produce “pretend milk” when one of her rubber udders was squeezed.

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"Thorazine, one of the fundamental drugs in medicine" sounds ridiculous for an anti psychotic  developed in 1950, but it is still on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

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 Who doesn't want to turn their baby into a "Pistol Packing Pee Wee?" Only 73 cents in the 1950s.

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From 1890 to 1960, several African-American actresses played the role of Aunt Jemima to advertise a pancake mix. A composite image was used after 1960 and it wasn't till 2020 that the character and image were retired.

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 "Baby stays put" while chair and baby are launched through the windshield
 when you slam on the brakes.

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During WW2, most companies advertised their contributions to the war effort.
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Miracle is the right word if it could somehow make this taste good.
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3-in-One Oil was invented in 1894 by George W. Cole for use on bicycles. He touted his invention's ability to “clean, lubricate and protect” because it contained a lubricant, a rust preventive and a cleaner.
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And you bored and have no friends? Learn to be a taxidermist and you can while away the hours mounting and posing dead animals.

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Mrs Santa is thrilled that she can finally sit while spending endless hours ironing Santa's clothes.
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You may love your husband "far too much" but you also need to worry that he will dump you the moment you start looking old.

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Pyrex was invented by Corning in 1915 as a line of clear, thermal-resistant glass for laboratory glassware and kitchenware.
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There's nothing cheery about waking up at 3:42 AM.
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At three feet tall, Big Loo really was big and now they are a highly sought-after collectable. A mint-in-box Big Loo manufactured in 1963, was sold in 2017 for a record $6495.00 on eBay.
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Albert Champion was a bicycle racer from France who came to America in 1899. AC Spark Plugs were first manufactured in 1908 in Flint Michigan. Pin-ups were a fixture in most auto repair shops well into the 1980s.

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"Taking care with your model-making is like putting Model in your pipe..."
Except that you'd be better off smoking wood chips.
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Raleigh sold over 1.5 million "Choppers" consisting of a sissy bar, "banana" seat, high handlebars and a fake gear shifter on a bicycle.
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It's a mystery what they're selling, but this image is certainly an attention-grabber.
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The first "pocket" transistor radios were marketed using shirts with extra large pockets.
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Fat shaming has a long and sordid history in advertising.
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During World War I, the company that would later become "Doughboy" perfected rubber sealing and won the Army contract to seal K-rations. After the war they began making recreational products.
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You feed cards into "Mr Brain" with questions and answers. Mr Brain reads the cards and tells you which answers are wrong. So why not eliminate Mr Brain and put the right answers on the cards?
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The Ford Levacar Mach I, was a concept hovercar developed by the Ford Motor Company in the 1950s. It used air pressure to provide lift and propulsion. Although the LEVICAR program was eventually dropped for economic reasons, it was technically successful.
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"Don't be a shy!"
"Now you can will be pro!"
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You can take it into space but don’t leave it out in the rain.
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She doesn't belong at a stag party and the creepy guy needs a cold shower
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If this is the morning after your wedding, it'll probably be a short marriage.

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