Some Thoughts
Black Friday is the perverse ritual of our failing civilization — a consumerist kabuki show that makes us feel like shit and kills the planet in the process. Let’s call this nonsense done, and start inventing new ways to live, love and celebrate. This Friday, Buy Nothing. Then ride the momentum of clear, brave thinking
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Twelve of the world’s wealthiest billionaires produce more greenhouse gas emissions from their yachts, private jets, mansions and financial investments than the annual energy emissions of 2m homes.
Some Thoughts
Here’s a way to start a new life: This Black Friday, resist the itch to buy some dumb thing just for the novelty of it, the fleeting illusion of control. The urge to buy isn’t actually coming from inside you. It’s code laid down by every ad, email, commercial and celebrity you’ve ever encountered. Our minds are corrupted from a
Some Thoughts
Some Thoughts
Looking at what the rich spend their money on shows us why “Tax the Rich” is always such a popular political priority: because it would benefit the majority, and everyone knows that people who can outsource the ironing of their shirts will survive a slight hit in lifestyle.
consumerism
Buy Nothing Day is coming. So is Black Friday. The two will clash on November 24. As global warming kicks in with a vengeance, Black Friday will increasingly be seen as a perverse doomsday ritual. It’s time we shatter this whole fucking day of excess. Resist the urge of mass consumption.