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November 18, 2013
Just Buy It
That’s our entire economic system: buy things. Everybody buy. It doesn’t matter what you buy. Just buy. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. Just buy.Our entire civilization now rests on the assumption that, no matter what else happens, we will all continue to buy lots and lots of things. Buy, buy, buy, buy, buy. And then buy a little more. Don’t create, or produce, or discover — just buy. Never save, never invest, never cut back — just buy. Buy what you don’t need with money you don’t have. Buy when you’re happy. Buy when you’re sad. Buy when you’re hungry. Buy when you want to lose weight. Buy an iPhone. Six months have passed, here, buy another iPhone. - - If you shop on Thanksgiving, you are part of the problem | The Matt Walsh Blog
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 18, 2013 1:44 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Well duh! Everyone's economic system depends on people buying things. Everyone's job (except for government employees) depends on people buying things. Why would we rant against buying things? Rant against being forced to buy something but certainly not the freedom to buy something.
Posted by: GoneWithTheWind at November 18, 2013 2:13 PM
I've read somewhere lately that we should think about buying beans, bullets, band-aids and farmland. Will that help?
Posted by: Roger Drew Williams at November 18, 2013 5:22 PM
Roger: Put bibles on the list. Having a moral compass won't hurt.
Posted by: chasmatic at November 19, 2013 8:17 AM
Chasmatic, I'm fairly well stocked with Bibles already, but you definitely have a good point. Hopefully, I'll have the strength to follow the compass where it leads me. Thanks for the thought.
Posted by: Roger Drew Williams at November 19, 2013 1:49 PM