online.wsj.com — The United Nations is hoping a lonely girl can help it fight poverty. The Lonelygirl's antipoverty video, like those made by other amateur video makers, has been posted on YouTube. The online ad push shows how public-service advertising is catching up to mainstream marketing in its embrace of viral marketing and user-generated content.
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bgfelteninkOct 10, 2006
Uh, is this Lonelygirl from Youtube? Well, obviously.You all know that whole thing was a retarded fantasy right? She just took some really lame job from a lame acting agency that wanted to make a "youtube" reality-based "show" that seemed real.So if the UN is actually doing this... they've been pretty f*ing duped me thinks.(BTW, I know it was all mentioned in the article but a lot of people don't read them)
dukrousOct 10, 2006
Modern economics cannot ignore Pareto's Principle (80% percent of the wealth is held by 20% of the population). It's needed for a healthy and functioning economy to thrive. When there's too much wealth in too many hands, what you have an a failing economy because employment and labor falls. If you have too much money in too little hands, the same thing happens. This is an oversimplification of the idea, but the general idea holds. You need wealthy people to employ the middle and lower classes, which generate enough labor to keep the economy going.
macewanOct 10, 2006
Wow, to go from pretending your this little teen talking about her life to discussing poverty with the blessing of the UN. What a life altering change.
craggaOct 10, 2006
so poverty power is the only way to keep our planet chugging along?hooray for capitalism.
mrcobaltblueOct 10, 2006
For some reason I thought they were going to use Leroy Jenkins, or that angry german kid.
osbjmgOct 10, 2006
I'm a poverty sympathizer, I will not stand against it. I am allied with poverty in a war against the middle-class. I am pro-poverty, and you can't get me join your little anti-poverty death squad!