Shouldn protests do SOMEthing rather than NOthing?
[Please cite this FAQ as Monica]: We wish to make a statement on the legitimacy of Bush’s mandate, his policies, his competence, his WAR OF CHOICE. PATRIOTIC CONSUMERISM After 9/11, Bush essentially equated Patriotism with Consumerism. Do not let the terrorists scare you, go out an buy things at your local Wal-Mart, Home Depot, mall. (sic) The basic reality is that CONSUMING IS NOT PASSIVE and that THIS ECONOMIC BOYCOTT IS NOT PASSIVE. Not buying will strike some as UNAMERICAN when it is the most honestly American thing we can do in a society with an administration that is deaf to the dissenting voice. This boycott, and others to come, is the perfect instrument for American dissent because Americans have become exquisitely trained as consumers. We get the profit motive, we get debt, we get greed, all of that has been there, bathing us in this American Culture since our birth. These are basic truths: • We are measured by the government in terms of our consumption.
[Please cite this FAQ as Monica]: We wish to make a statement on the legitimacy of Bush’s mandate, his policies, his competence, his WAR OF CHOICE. PATRIOTIC CONSUMERISM After 9/11, Bush essentially equated Patriotism with Consumerism. Do not let the terrorists scare you, go out an buy things at your local Wal-Mart, Home Depot, mall. (sic) The basic reality is that CONSUMING IS NOT PASSIVE and that THIS ECONOMIC BOYCOTT IS NOT PASSIVE. Not buying will strike some as UNAMERICAN when it is the most honestly American thing we can do in a society with an administration that is deaf to the dissenting voice. This boycott, and others to come, is the perfect instrument for American dissent because Americans have become exquisitely trained as consumers. We get the profit motive, we get debt, we get greed, all of that has been there, bathing us in this American Culture since our birth. These are basic truths: • We are measured by the government in terms of our consumption. • The metric for the P
