Socialism

My sister referred me to a survey panel a couple of years ago. The gist of it is, you get points for surveys that you take, then trade them in for great rewards... like the nano ipod Jess got for her son. (If anyone wants in on it, let me know and I can send you a referral e-mail.) As part of this panel, occasionally they'll send me products to try for a month and then tell them what I thought. I've done a facial moisturizer and this week I received a shower cream. This is the packaging it came in:
When I opened the box at work, Mike saw it and it bothered him a little. He likes to play devil's advocate in our mostly politically conservative office, and will often tout more liberal points of view. After seeing this non-descript, homogenous packaging, though, he changed his mind. He told me that if he ever started saying socialism or communism was a good idea, all I had to do was pull out this shower cream and he would concede. Can you imagine if all the products on a shelf at the grocery store looked like this? Or if there were only one product to choose from in the first place? No thank you!