--- title: "26 Kalle Lasn Quotes - Famous Journalist (Culture jam)" description: "Kalle Lasn is an Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor, and activist. Near the end of World War II, his family fled Estonia and spent so..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b105/author-kalle-lasn-22904.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b105/author-kalle-lasn-22904.jpg) # Kalle Lasn (1942) Journalist Canada **26** quotes in **267** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Kalle Lasn is a journalist from Canada, best known for *Culture jam*. ## Quick Facts About Kalle Lasn Born March 24, 1942 Nationality Canada Profession Journalist Notable works Culture jam Known for Adbusters ## About Kalle Lasn Kalle Lasn is an Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor, and activist. Near the end of World War II, his family fled Estonia and spent some time in a German refugee camp. When he was seven he and his family were resettled in Australia, where he grew up and remained until the late 1960s, attending school in Canberra. In the late 1960s, he founded a market research company in Tokyo, and in 1970, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over the course of twenty years, he produced documentaries for PBS and Canada’s National Film Board. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. ## Quotes by Kalle Lasn > [The most powerful narcotic in the world is the promise of belonging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world-is-the-promise-of-belonging/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Belonging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belonging/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/kalle-lasn-22904_belonging_the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world_1234915.png) > [It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consumer-trance-that-the-death-of/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Break](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/kalle-lasn-22904_break_it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consu_48122.png) > [In the Soviet Union you weren't allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot speak out against sponsors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/in-the-soviet-union-you-weren-t-allowed-to-speak-out-against-the/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/kalle-lasn-22904_government_in-the-soviet-union-you-weren-t-allowed_1076836.png) > [The commercial media are to the mental environment what factories are to the physical environment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-commercial-media-are-to-the-mental-environment-what-factories-are/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Environment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/kalle-lasn-22904_environment_the-commercial-media-are-to-the-mental-e_78241.png) > [I want to live in a world where human beings, not corporate entities, create the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/i-want-to-live-in-a-world-where-human-beings-not-corporate-entities/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Corporate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/kalle-lasn-22904_corporate_i-want-to-live-in-a-world-where-human-be_2349733.png) > [In the global marketplace of the future the price of every product will tell the ecological truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/in-the-global-marketplace-of-the-future-the-price-of-every-product/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Ecological](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ecological/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/kalle-lasn-22904_ecological_in-the-global-marketplace-of-the-future_1918703.png) > [The global economy is a doomsday machine that must be stopped and reprogrammed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-global-economy-is-a-doomsday-machine-that-must-be-stopped-and/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/kalle-lasn-22904_computers_the-global-economy-is-a-doomsday-machine_562902.png) > [I believe that one of the most powerful things of all is aesthetics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/i-believe-that-one-of-the-most-powerful-things-of-all-is-aesthetics/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Aesthetics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/kalle-lasn-22904_aesthetics_i-believe-that-one-of-the-most-powerful_1845666.png) > [“Corporations are not legal “persons” with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/corporations-are-not-legal-persons-with-constitutional-rights-and/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Constitutional rights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitutional-rights/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/kalle-lasn-22904_constitutional-right_corporations-are-not-legal-persons-with_656596.png) > [Our mental environment is a common-property resource like the air or the water. We need to protect ourselves from unwanted incursions into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/our-mental-environment-is-a-common-property-resource-like-the-air-or-2/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/kalle-lasn-22904_air_our-mental-environment-is-a-common-prope_2446604.png) > [Jamming a coin into a monopoly newspaper box or liberating a billboard in the middle of the night can be a rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/jamming-a-coin-into-a-monopoly-newspaper-box-or-liberating-a/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Billboards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billboards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/kalle-lasn-22904_billboards_jamming-a-coin-into-a-monopoly-newspaper_3111663.png) > [America, the great liberator, is in desperate need of being liberated from itself -- from its own excesses and arrogance. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/america-the-great-liberator-is-in-desperate-need-of-being-liberated/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/kalle-lasn-22904_america_america-the-great-liberator-is-in-desper_2036805.png) > [“Our mental environment is a common-property resource like the air or the water. We need to protect ourselves from unwanted incursions into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/our-mental-environment-is-a-common-property-resource-like-the-air-or/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/kalle-lasn-22904_advertising_our-mental-environment-is-a-common-prope_136468.png) > [Amming a coin into a monopoly newspaper box or liberating a billboard in the middle of the night can be a rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/amming-a-coin-into-a-monopoly-newspaper-box-or-liberating-a-billboard/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Billboards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billboards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/kalle-lasn-22904_billboards_amming-a-coin-into-a-monopoly-newspaper_1065165.png) > [Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/overconsumption-is-the-mother-of-all-environmental-problems-for-the/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/kalle-lasn-22904_capitalism_overconsumption-is-the-mother-of-all-env_1180729.png) > [An increasing number of people are growing uncomfortable with the gulf between the world's rich and the poor. Ostentatiously splashing your money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/an-increasing-number-of-people-are-growing-uncomfortable-with-the/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/kalle-lasn-22904_arrogance_an-increasing-number-of-people-are-growi_24805.jpg) > [The story in America was a vibrant, bottoms-up democracy subverted by corporations and financial speculators. Those people now control much of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-bottoms-up-democracy-subverted-by/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/kalle-lasn-22904_democracy_the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-botto_1879923.jpg) > [A meme (rhymes with dream) is a unit of information (a catchphrase, a concept, a tune, a notion of fashion, philosophy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/a-meme-rhymes-with-dream-is-a-unit-of-information-a-catchphrase-a/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/kalle-lasn-22904_age_a-meme-rhymes-with-dream-is-a-unit-of-in_2103464.jpg) > [All of us somehow felt that the next battleground was going to be culture. We all felt somehow that our culture had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/all-of-us-somehow-felt-that-the-next-battleground-was-going-to-be/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/kalle-lasn-22904_advertising_all-of-us-somehow-felt-that-the-next-bat_498914.png) > [We got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/we-got-rich-by-violating-one-of-the-central-tenets-of-economics-thou/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/kalle-lasn-22904_clear_we-got-rich-by-violating-one-of-the-cent_2727963.png) > [There's some idea there, and the power of it comes from the fact that most of the time you'll never be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/there-s-some-idea-there-and-the-power-of-it-comes-from-the-fact-that/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/kalle-lasn-22904_able_there-s-some-idea-there-and-the-power-of_1865519.png) > [People have tried all kinds of ways to fix things, like electing Obama and having a debate about decreasing the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/people-have-tried-all-kinds-of-ways-to-fix-things-like-electing-obama/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [All kinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-kinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/kalle-lasn-22904_all-kinds_people-have-tried-all-kinds-of-ways-to-f_2902611.jpg) > [There is a profound injustice at the heart of the American economy. You look at the media and realize that these corporate-run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/there-is-a-profound-injustice-at-the-heart-of-the-american-economy/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/kalle-lasn-22904_choices_there-is-a-profound-injustice-at-the-hea_1576459.jpg) > [American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/american-culture-is-no-longer-created-by-the-people-a-free-authentic/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [American culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/kalle-lasn-22904_american-culture_american-culture-is-no-longer-created-by_1799870.png) > [“Do an overwhelming number of respected scientists believe that human actions are changing the Earth's climate? Yes. OK, that being the case,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/do-an-overwhelming-number-of-respected-scientists-believe-that-human/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/kalle-lasn-22904_advertising_do-an-overwhelming-number-of-respected-s_1287294.jpg) > [People look at the future and see a black hole. They look at climate change and see an ecological crisis. They look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/people-look-at-the-future-and-see-a-black-hole-they-look-at-climate/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/kalle-lasn-22904_black_people-look-at-the-future-and-see-a-blac_1927826.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/#itemlist", "name": "Kalle Lasn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most powerful narcotic in the world is the promise of belonging.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kalle Lasn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world-is-the-promise-of-belonging/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/kalle-lasn-22904_belonging_the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world_1234915.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/kalle-lasn-22904_belonging_the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world_1234915.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/kalle-lasn-22904_belonging_the-most-powerful-narcotic-in-the-world_1234915.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most powerful narcotic in the world is the promise of belonging.” — Kalle Lasn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kalle Lasn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consumer-trance-that-the-death-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/kalle-lasn-22904_break_it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consu_48122.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/kalle-lasn-22904_break_it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consu_48122.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/kalle-lasn-22904_break_it-s-a-measure-of-the-depth-of-our-consu_48122.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it.” — Kalle Lasn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the Soviet Union you weren't allowed to speak out against the government. 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