A PERFECT METAPHOR FOR 21st CENTURY AMERICA: WARHOL AND COCA-COLA

«What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.» - Andy Warhol

The sad thing is that this is actually no longer true. The formula has been adulterated, with most observant people aware of the insane/bureaucratic/corporate welfare (*spit*) reasons why… in fact I found a store that sells expensive sucrose “real sugar” Coca Cola, what I could easily describe as luxury coke for $16.95 per 12-pack. I doubt the White House (or Congress) would find it difficult to afford to stay fully stocked, nor would any celebrity/elite/etc that want the real thing.

Hammer of Truth
Oct 19 2010