Dillon Votaw

I stepped out of the van carrying a box of twelve Coca-Cola cans and an empty plastic trash-can. Silently, I opened two or three of the cans and poured their contents into the trash-can. After this, I removed my OU t-shirt, put it in the trash-can, and poured more coke into the can. Revealed by the removal of my shirt was a multitude of flags, printed onto paper, torn out, and taped to my body. I then removed my pants and put them into the trash can, pouring more coke into the can. At this point, the only thing on my body were 50+ flags, taped all over my legs, crotch, and chest. I stomped on my soaked clothing and poured all but one of the coke cans into the trash can. I then put the pants and shirt back on. Finally, I chugged the remaining coke.

This piece is a refection on the connection between Coca-Cola’s dominance of the world of beverages due to aggressive and effective marketing and America’s dominance over other countries whom she finds to be threatening (AKA offering a workable alternative to capitalism). The flags taped to my body were the flags of every nation that has experienced military and/or political intervention from the US military and CIA. I find it interesting to compare the global marketing phenomenon that is Coca-Cola with the imperialistic tendencies of the USA.