Capitalism, unplugged and uncut
In First World activism, neo-liberal globalisation is regularly criticised for putting ads in our face all the time, from TV to billboards to the backs of toilet doors . In Sao Paulo, the people selling a moment’s gratification on the street, on the trains, at the bus stop - everywhere there is space, everything for sale - do so in a kind of of tragicomic imitation that is also the true face of this ideology.