Wednesday, March 24, 2004

he purchased a used three piece suit at a thrift store for $40. As he admired himself in the dressing room mirror, Karl Marx tapped him on the shoulder.

"What do you want?" asked Pete.

"Your vanity disgusts me," said Karl Marx. "You are not what this suit pretends you are. Part of the sickness of a market economy is this hegemony of appearances, identities bought and sold and cast aside like used condoms. But I see your corrupt substance beneath the facade, this sophisticate image you would project. You buy that suit and you buy into social conceit!"

At that moment, Kate Moss, small as a Barbie doll and dressed in a tinkerbell outfit, descended from the heavens and perched on Karl Marx's shoulder. "Don't listen to this raving lunatic," said Kate Moss. "Dressing well improves one's self-esteem. Fashion is empowerment, and in any case who suffers? That suit is no detriment to anyone's well-being."

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