I've actually searched around for this myself because I (and a lot of others) swear this idea sounds familiar. But I've never turned anything up and that might just be a false memory on our part.
At the time the movie was made one of the big "social justice actions" of the day was to "save the trees". Unironically it was this movement the led directly to paper products being replaced by plastic and plastic casing. This was far FAR better for the environment because plastic was recyclable and biodegradeable! Long story short, we see how THAT turned out and now there's a race BACK to paper products.
Anyway - I think the whole point was the typical meta "replace what works with an ideological solution that's more complex, less effective and sometimes nonsensical"
TL:DR; the upper management of the business world has been taken over by brainless people whose only "world experience" is five years of liberal propaganda at university.
These businesses would have collapsed under the weight of their own ineptitude by now, if it wasn't for regulatory capture.
How the fuck do you use the three seashells?
ha ha ha - he doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells!
Not gonna lie it always pissed me off that there never was an explanation for how those are supposed to be used
I don't believe there was supposed to be one.
I've actually searched around for this myself because I (and a lot of others) swear this idea sounds familiar. But I've never turned anything up and that might just be a false memory on our part.
At the time the movie was made one of the big "social justice actions" of the day was to "save the trees". Unironically it was this movement the led directly to paper products being replaced by plastic and plastic casing. This was far FAR better for the environment because plastic was recyclable and biodegradeable! Long story short, we see how THAT turned out and now there's a race BACK to paper products.
Anyway - I think the whole point was the typical meta "replace what works with an ideological solution that's more complex, less effective and sometimes nonsensical"
TL:DR; the upper management of the business world has been taken over by brainless people whose only "world experience" is five years of liberal propaganda at university.
These businesses would have collapsed under the weight of their own ineptitude by now, if it wasn't for regulatory capture.