From: wheresecon5080-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Fighting Commercialism
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:54:11 -0600



On Sep 27, 2004, at 12:30 PM, Ryan Wares wrote:

> On the contrary, I think that it is important that we keep our options 
> open to more choice for the dollar. Imagine if you will the complete 
> opposite of what you said. No brand name, no commercials, and no radio 
> ads. Who would pay for the radio, because it is public? Who would 
> employ the creative teams that come up with way to sell a product and 
> brand it? IT seems that it would only promote a digression with in the 
> economy in which we live. Sure it can get annoying, but so do the wife 
> and kids sometimes, but we don't rid our selves of them do we? We find 
> another way to view it. Sure there has to be a limit, but let the 
> society voice that with their wallets. It's happened in the past and 
> it will happen again. Those are my two cents, Thanks
>
> On Sep 26, 2004, at 8:21 PM, toomuch-AT-pseud.pseud wrote:
>
>> While not specifically a Marxist topic, I am interested in what 
>> others on
>> this list think about the rampant spread of commercialism as of late. 
>> I know
>> it's been around for some time but it just seems that in the last 
>> 5-10 years
>> or less my life is more and more inundated with the pressure to 
>> purchase
>> more and more stuff I don't need. The pressure manifests itself 
>> everywhere I
>> go. There are billboards, radio ads, TV ads, product placement, etc. 
>> etc.
>> There are even ads in places that I pay to go, such as before the 
>> movie
>> starts in the theatre.
>>
>> Luckily I have become much more cognizant and when I get an urge to 
>> buy
>> something, I can take a second to decide if I really need it. I came 
>> across
>> this website ( http://www.newdream.org/buy/buyingless.php  ) the 
>> other day
>> and that prompted this message to this list. I'm not really certain 
>> who runs
>> this site (I found it while researching Capitalism) but it appears to 
>> be an
>> environmentalist group.
>>
>> This commercialism seems like a negative side-effect of capitalism 
>> and I
>> would just like to hear others thoughts on the subject. Others that I 
>> talked
>> to aren't really interested in hearing of these things because they 
>> are too
>> busy figuring out what the next gadget is that they need to acquire 
>> or how
>> they can keep up with their neighbors.
>>
>>
>>
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