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Sunday, December 31, 2006

 

Consumption obsession

By VictorM: In an excellent post, statusquobuster makes the valid point that America is in the throes of class warfare. The super rich keep getting richer at the expense of the rest of us, in part because they have conditioned us to spend beyond our means, getting into debt, gambling, and buying crap we don't need. He talks about how some people have resisted and have started groups or campaigns like "The Compact" and "Buy Nothing Day" but they are few. Then this line stood out: "The book 'Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping' was a success." Huh? How was that book a success? People went out and bought it, of course! Oh the irony.

Labels: buy nothing day, class warfare

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