What do car ads say about the national psyche? Or do they just say something about Madison Avenue's notion of the national psyche?
According to the advertising, some automobiles cause hallucinations so addictive that pedestrians chase the cars through the streets just to get the chance to lay hands on one and experience the trip. Others generate destructive force fields that either cause the competitors vehicles to crumble into dust and rust or make objects fly out of control as the car passes by. That's appealing. When I saw the latest Hyundai cause a woman to lose the ice cream from the top of her cone I knew that driver vanity had gone completely out of control. Nothing should cause the death of innocent ice cream. And this was just part of a trail of destruction that was supposed to make the viewer want to go out and purchase the car immediately.
What happens when two of these cars meet each other on the highway? The destruction of all matter? The end of the world?
Buy one today! Find out what the inside of a black hole looks like tomorrow!
How's the gas mileage? Who cares? Causes 37 catastrophes per gallon!
Actually, selfish pricks in cars leaving a swath of destruction is probably more symbolic of the truth than the advertising industry ever intended. Or maybe it's their mission statement. It's very hard to know for sure.
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