black and white, easy on the grays

I have some thoughts where concerns the current state of affairs with both DC and Marvel that I would like to share here and now while I am in the momentarily same dimension as a computer.
DC's in effect drastic overhaul of an effort at revamping its entire line of comics seems to be off to a fair start in terms of pre-sales, but of course this can only be short-lived. If larger numbers of issue runs alone can supposedly frighten away new readers, then how can said same new readers still be expected to hang around, even in spite of numerical resets? Really, what mentality is being sought, being favored? And what happens when the short attention spans of most regular modern readers continues on? What really bothers me, beyond the severity of an executive order brought to life, is that the decision is left to flavor of the month creators to pick and choose from the many decades of story history exactly which elements shall remain in this DCU2.0. Think about those implications.
With Marvel, specifically the recent and abysmal litigation over the work of Jack the King Kirby and his heirs, we see concreted that the legal system of our nation is fine with the fact that rights of individuals are indeed less equal than those of corporate entities. Common decency simply has no further place, not in the business world, and not in the courtroom. It wasn't that long ago that current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was quoted as saying that corporations are people too.
Now, I just completed a rereading of George Orwell's 1984, and I believe Orwell was rather quick in ruling out the chances of Capitalism living on within his nightmare vision of the future. The greed inherent in consumerism and commercialism is just too ingrained in our Western culture. Where regards both Marvel and DC: I do like many of their characters and properties, and I love the work of oh so many of their past creators- the writers and artists who gave these suit and ties something to cockfight over. But to see both the talent and the stories created so easily manipulated for no reason other than obvious attempts at monetary gain, and at the ultimate expense of the fanbase, confirms in my mind that...not only is "creative industry" an oxymoron, it is a true example of Orwell's doublethink. As such, we shouldn't be at all shocked by the continuing disintegration of the comic book medium, we should instead be shocked that it has survived as long as it has, as sado-masochistic as our society is.
But as ever, the world is what we make it to be, nothing more and nothing less. Please, always remember those implications, too.