2 November 2018

"The Apprentice" is STILL crying out for a satirical version.

2010: 30th September

In preparation for this channel:

"Emma Goldman to appear on the Apprentice".
I am watching "The Apprentice".
I keep thinking of doing a satirical version where the candidates are all revolutionary lefties.

"Emma Goldman and Dolores Ibarruri were given the task of handing out the deluxe snacks to the public in Covent Garden.........."

Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman and Dolores Ibarruri ditch their principles and agree to appear on The Apprentice and vie for the job with Sir Lord Alan.

I first had this basic idea in 2010.

It is now 2017 and "The Apprentice" is still painful capitalist propaganda.

It is still simply crying out for a satirical version in which radical anti-capitalist revolutionaries are the contestants. 

And they vie to be the assistants of Comandante Alan Sugar in toppling capitalism. Or something like that.

Alan Sugar: "I am sorry Mr. Guevara but your handling of that ambush of the capitalist lackeys was amateurish. Che Guevara - you're FIRED!"
Che Guevara: "Thanks, Comandante Azucar. Was pleasure being bossed by you." *gets up and leaves*
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Everything in "The Apprentice" is based upon the assumption that the reason for production and services is solely to make money and profit.

It needs to be said and screamed out loud until it becomes a reality - production should be for need not profit.

Everything in "The Apprentice" is based upon the assumption that everything is a competition between individuals and products and services. The whole idea of co-operation is not allowed for.

The environment and society as a whole are not really permissible concepts in the world of "The Apprentice".

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It is now 2018. It's been EIGHT years. EIGHT fucking years. A long fucking time.

How long must we sing this song? How long has the Apprentice been going for?

This tired and cringeworthy yet addictive format is still being churned out every week.

And YES it is still absolutely CRYING OUT for a satirical version based on revolutionary leftists trying to get the job with Sir Alan.

It could be called "APPRENTICE REVOLUTIONARY" and it could say so much in such a short time.

If no one else does it maybe one of these days I will write a script for it.

As I keep trying to tell myself, you can only go forwards in life - so let's do it some time.