If I'm not mistaken, the whole idea was to mock how the masses will obey propaganda set forth by the media or corporate advertising.
The masses are doing exactly what the artist predicts and warns against.
So he collects the royalties, and moves to a high end zip code.
Perfect ending. Someone should write a book about his life and tell the public not to buy it, so they can get rich too.
There is another one of his Obey icons that has Nixon's face on it, in fact I saw that one on a Tele, and wondered how many realize that Nixon's face is on their OBEY Tele.