To save the world, we have to go back to the Stone Age. That is more or less the message of #antiglobalisering guru John Zerzan, the unofficial architect of the particularly firm resistance to #globalisering at the beginning of the 21st century and at the heart of this 2003 activist film, which uses the laws of marketing and advertising to convey a different message.

Back to a world, it says, in which we as humans are no longer reduced to soulless slaves of the #kapitalisme , as a producer or as a consumer.

This theme is created by director Erik Gandini in Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (51 min.) unparalleled visualized with video clip like image sequences.

Source: The Docupdate Helmut Boeijen

In this way, this irresistibly rhythmic film paints a discomforting image of (unbridled) capitalism, which is further coloured with scenes around a producer of lifelike sex doll. the maniacal presentations of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and a nineteen year old Swedish web designer, who lets millions go through his hands every day, does not know how to lose his money again and especially feels very empty.

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