The Kronies: They’re Konnected………..someone is smiling from their grave
Do you remember just yesterday Dear Reader when I spoke about how things are changing and how a simple iPad can now do what an entire television broadcast studio used to be needed for—and that we had all that power within our reach? Of course you do. Now consider what that power could do in the hands of a couple of guys who are entertainment industry professionals and have had opened their eyes to the way the world really is—and are using their power, and ability to articulate the problem of big government and crony capitalism in a whole new way. We’re not talking about some fringe wanna’ be types—but the guys behind some of the popular Burger King commercials and the new Back to the Future ad seen frequently during 2013 football games featuring Michael J. Fox. I’m talking about of course John Papola and Josh Meyers who run Emergent Order.com and are making quite a splash on the media circuit with their new toy line called The Kronies, where their hilarious viral video has taken the world by storm for the last couple of weeks. I don’t plan to rehash their fantastic enterprise here, but in case you have not yet seen their very good work, here it is.
John Papola is the CEO of Emergent Order and is an award-winning writer, producer and director with more than a decade of experience in broadcast television and marketing. As a creative principle at MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike TV, John launched numerous new shows, developed industry-leading branding practices, and supervised the promotion of flagship events. After the passing of his hero Steve Jobs, a grief-stricken John found solace at the bottom of an economics text-book. You would have seen the result of that enterprise featured here at Overmanwarrior’s Wisdom. CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW. These are the same guys who produced the first video on that article.
Josh Meyers is the head of post production and is a 12-year veteran of broadcast television production and post production, with numerous award-winning campaigns and hundreds of spots under his belt. As a senior editor and post production supervisor, Josh produced long and short form content for Spike, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, and World Wrestling Entertainment. After hours, Josh enjoys writing scripts for his dystopian science-fiction comic book series “Salsa Dawg,” which he hopes will one day be continuous with the DC Universe.
Here is an article where Glenn Beck covered their efforts at Emergent Order along with links to their work—well worth visiting.
One thing that struck me with these guys listening to their many media appearances for a very clever marketing campaign is that they could be doing just about anything they want—as far as career intentions—but they are choosing to use their power for good—not evil. While Steven Spielberg may think that he’s very clever helping President Obama market himself to the public, while producing a very good film about Abraham Lincoln where the Democrats were clearly the villains stoking the fires of the Civil War, these guys are openly making statements that would make Ayn Rand very, very proud. Their message behind The Kronies is essentially the net result of any policy that accepts Keynesian economics as a managing factor. Government cannot be in the business of regulating capitalism because the result is what is seen with The Kronies. And socialism—where the government openly controls everything—is even worse.
The kinds of people who pay attention to these kinds of things already know the message behind The Kronies. Yet, many more do not, and it is clear that John and Josh are using the same methods they have used to make Nickelodeon and MTV so popular into taking complex economic concepts and present them in a way that children can understand. Their work has massive potential and is a game changer in the world of politics.
When I write for pages and pages and pages what the importance of comic books and Star Wars in general are to modern culture I am thinking of people like John Papola and Josh Meyers. There are many people out there on the fence wondering what do to about the world they are witnessing. They listen to Glenn Beck, they read articles like the ones here at Overmanwarrior’s Wisdom—the fringe of thought–and they are measuring those messages against what they learn in comics, the media industry and realizing that they have power that is no longer centrally controlled in Hollywood. They do not have to lick the boots of some progressive scum bag in a palatial estate in Beverly Hills to gain access to studios—so they can work in the business. They are free to express their thoughts and feelings with the tools available to them—and they continue to work because they are good. Good people are always in demand—even if the industry would love to blacklist them.
Media moguls like Ted Turner two decades ago would have kept guys like John and Josh under their thumb just to work in the industry before a couple of Apple computers gave Emergent Order the ability to turn a bedroom into the kind of work space that used to take up an entire city block in Hollywood. Studio bosses could back then sit by a pool with playboy bunnies on each arm sniffing cocaine across a glass table and relish how they would help advance the kind of politics discussed in The Kronies video. They knew there were people who worked for their studios who did not adhere to progressive politics, or did not support Keynsian economics policies, but they did not care. They’d give one of those evil, maniacal laughs and declare to their blond bombshells—if they want to work—they’ll keep their mouths shut and do what we tell them. If they go “rogue” and start yapping their mouths on Entertainment Tonight, we’ll fire them.
Well, people like Steve Jobs freed these creative types and they are no longer under such thumbs. They are now free to use their imaginations any way they see fit—and they are beginning to emerge ruthlessly as they now realize that the shackles are gone from their arms and legs. What John Papola and Josh Meyers did in their Kronies cartoon short is equivalent to an entire economics text-book on Keynesian theory and the perils associated with it. That is where their idea here has power—because people who otherwise would not even try to understand Keynsian economics can now understand it as John and Josh made the concept so easy to understand that a child could wrap their mind around it. For politicians, big corrupt bankers, K-Street lobbyists and the many criminal elements dangling from those professions in the light of day—this is very bad news for them. They require that society be kept stupidly in the dark so they can work their deceit. The Kronies makes it all too obvious what is really going on in government—and that is a terrifying prospect to those attempting to hold on to the big Beverly Hills mansion with the two playboy bunnies, or the comb over politician and his mistresses in each city given to him by businessmen wanting to cut a deal who might otherwise sell their own daughters away in trade for a condo in the Bahamas. Or the union thug who is an acting communist entity spreading the message of solidarity and Keynesian economics as the European model of wealth management cheering on less personal freedom, oppressive, intrusive governments, and hairy man-hating European women.
The Kronies are signs of the times that are coming—and not a moment too soon. Somewhere deep in her grave Ayn Rand is smiling at the exploits of Emergent Order and their new cartoon parody, The Kronies. She wrote book after book after book trying to explain what these guys explained in a 2 minute 15 second video. And joining her undoubtedly is Steve Jobs who may have leaned to the political left, but deeply wanted this kind of individual power to go to people with a mind to use it. In the case of John and Josh, they certainly have—for the betterment of everyone who is touched by their work.
Rich Hoffman
