Three Years of Hell to Become the Devil: Buy Nothing Day

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Buy Nothing Day

Ambivalent Imbroglio points out that today is Buy Nothing Day. If you happen to think Naomi Klein is the most overrated author since Douglas Copeland managed to name a generation after a second-rate novel, today's the perfect excuse to buy that thing you've been lusting after for ages but couldn't justify to yourself. After all, the chance to thumb your nose at pointless sanctimony might be exactly what you need to tip the utility equation for a sheerly pointless purchase from 'unreasonable extravagance' to 'political statement.' Go ahead, buy those DK pillows, the Anne Coulter talking doll, or just go get a McDonalds cheeseburger.

Posted by Anthony on November 28, 2003 4:33 PM | Permalink

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Three Years of Hell doesn't think much of the idea of Buy Nothing Day, and I'm sure he's not alone. To me it's a symbolic protest, a thought exercise as much as anything. If the idea of buying nothing on the biggest shopping day of the year only makes... [Read More]

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Have you actually got past the first chapter yet? M

Posted by: martin | December 1, 2003 2:38 AM

Finished it. :) Still disregard No Logo for a pitiful use of statistics.

Posted by: A. Rickey | December 1, 2003 2:40 AM

Buy nothing day? Bah! I have those pikers beat by a long shot; I routinely have buy nothing weeks. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that I always seem to have so much month left at the end of my money.

Posted by: Len Cleavelin | December 1, 2003 1:21 PM

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