Artwork : Gatt.org
Artists : Yes men
May 2002 (cessation of WTO)

Profile :
Who : A leftist undergrad student
Where : A Café downtown Montreal
With :   Other leftists undergrad students
When : Late at night
Re-Doing : The whole world with neologisms
Lauging type : At somebody’s expanse

I went in a café with some colleagues from University. We often fight about politic, but really, we only do this to exercise our intellectual skills and expose the neologisms we just learned during the week. When I discuss about the world economy (which I don’t know much about), they say that I’m an idealist. What I say about it usually doesn’t fit what they call "reality". It’s just that economy is not my reality. I’m one of those who think that human beings are “good” (meaning that they don’t want other people to suffer) and that they momentarily lost contact with their true nature. So I always have lots of hope and I’m convinced that money won’t lead the world for long. One day, all humans will enter a state of great awareness of their true nature. People usually laugh at me and think that I’m esoteric, religious, Buddhist, name it.

This day was a very special day for me, cause as it has been said in our parliament earlier, the WTO will cease its activities. Their members realized how much suffering they have caused. I was so proud and for once, I would be able to prove to my friends that I’m not an idealist, that the world is changing and that the humans are actually entering this state of awareness of their true nature. I’ve brought my laptop because everything has to be proven to scientific minds. I showed them what I found on the gatt.org website. It says : “The WTO will eventually reintegrate as a new trade body whose charter will be to ensure that trade benefits the poor.” They couldn’t believe it, they were open-mouthed. I guess it fitted so much my own reality that I didn’t feel the need to make more verification.