Joe: You know, Nelly, the Phoebus cartel was one of the biggest scams in history. GE, Philips, Osram—they all agreed to make lightbulbs burn out faster. Imagine that—planned obsolescence, all so people had to keep buying what should’ve been everlasting light.
Nelly: That’s the darkness of greed. Instead of serving humanity, they dimmed the world on purpose. But listen to what John says: “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.”
Joe: That’s deep. They gave us false light that burns out, while Christ came to give everlasting light that never fails.
Nelly: Exactly. “To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” That’s not a product you have to keep buying. That’s a gift.
Joe: So if we break up the Phoebus cartel of our time—the corporations still running on greed—we give the people not just bulbs that don’t break, but a sign of something higher. A light that points to truth, not profit.
Nelly: “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” It’s not about rationed light or patented filaments. It’s about shining without end.
Joe: Then let’s be the ones to end the darkness, Nelly. Not just in the marketplace—but in the heart.