Life--  has been brought to you by AOL Time Warner.

"Hey, kids!  Are you sick and tired of boring, predictable idioms like choice, originality, and freedom?  Then put all of your eggs in our basket.  Heck, pretty soon, we'll be your only option! 

Other movie companies make movies that aren't like ours.  Who needs that?  With your help, we can ensure that their films make no money at all!

You have to trust us.  We're the ones who added a little color and ad revenue to the boring, brilliant classic, Mad Magazine.  With your financial support, we'll be able to buy up the few remaining entertainment companies and information brokers. 

Think of the wonderful world we could live in wherein we provide you with all the stimulation you'll ever need!  No too much stimulation, though.  We wouldn't want the poor or the insightful to think there was anything they could do about their environment, would we? 

We're experts at this!  We know exactly how to market certain forms of entertainment and information to what we call 'niche groups'.  In this way, we can cultivate your interest in a culture that we and our fellow conglomerates created without you even knowing!  This allows you to feel a sense of uniqueness, even though you dress and act just like all of your friends!  Cool!

Trust us to provide you with the ultimate in banality.  The truth hurts and we are dedicated to shielding it from you with our friends, organized religion!  Why suffer with the knowledge that all of the power in the world that once belonged to the lowly citizens is slowly being dragged out of your control?

Remember, when you think tyrannical corporate rule, don't think!"

Too heavy handed?  I should have fleshed this out more...but that would have been pretentious.