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The triumph of the consumer culture
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I was reading an article in the Times Online about Andrew Marr and he made a statement that got me thinking - “... how we have stopped voting and went shopping.”
People ‘vote’ for a vision with the products they buy. People can also ‘vote’ for a vision with the stock they buy. I vote at the ballot box regularly, but my ‘votes’ for Apple have been more satisfying.
I think there was an election recently and Apple got elected.
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I was reading an article in the Times Online about Andrew Marr and he made a statement that got me thinking - “... how we have stopped voting and went shopping.”
People ‘vote’ for a vision with the products they buy. People can also ‘vote’ for a vision with the stock they buy. I vote at the ballot box regularly, but my ‘votes’ for Apple have been more satisfying.
I think there was an election recently and Apple got elected.
I’ve been “voting” at Menards nearly everyday for months. Last week the Fan Man West had a good showing though. In fact my purchases at local home improvement and custom lighting stores blow whatever I’ve spent on iProducts out of the water.
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Black Swan Counter: 9 (Banks need money, Jobs needs a break, Geithner has no plan, Cuomo’s grandstanding, .Gov needs a hobby, GS works for money, flash crash, is that bubbling crude?).
For those who look, a flash allows one to see farther.
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This thread deserves a movie about consumerism: Everything is Okay.
“Miserable people shop more so please remain as miserable as you can!”
When you die, you’ll regret that you didn’t work more.”
Wait a second…. :wink:
[ Edited: 26 October 2009 12:38 PM by Eric Landstrom ]Signature
Black Swan Counter: 9 (Banks need money, Jobs needs a break, Geithner has no plan, Cuomo’s grandstanding, .Gov needs a hobby, GS works for money, flash crash, is that bubbling crude?).
For those who look, a flash allows one to see farther.
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“Even in the worst of times, someone turns a profit. . ” —#162 Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition
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“Even in the worst of times, someone turns a profit. . ” —#162 Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition
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‘Course once those people give up and walk away from their mortgages there is a pretty good chance that they’ll become pretty good little consumers.
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Black Swan Counter: 9 (Banks need money, Jobs needs a break, Geithner has no plan, Cuomo’s grandstanding, .Gov needs a hobby, GS works for money, flash crash, is that bubbling crude?).
For those who look, a flash allows one to see farther.
