Speaking of Culture Jamming... (Buy Nothing Day)

I wasn’t really going to buy anything on November 25th anyway. Not that I could, with my bank account showing up with an amount too embarrassing to post here. However, if I did have money I might not have bought anything on that day knowing the reasoning behind this event.

Essentially, Buy Nothing Day is designed to bring awareness to the negative effects of consumerism and, well, capitalism really (bad word choice? Err.). Perhaps upon stopping to think what you would have bought that day, you might realize if you really needed to purchase that specific product from that specific company.

“Spend a day to do nothing for the economy”. That’s part of the event’s tagline. With the state our economy is in now, this is definitely going to stir up controversy. However, like I said before, controversy is an effective tool in culture jamming, because you gain more attention. In my opinion one day isn’t going to affect the economy as much as people think it’s going to. It’s not a holiday, and shopping isn’t going to be non-existent either.

So, make sure you buy nothing on November 25th! Help out society by letting your urge to buy McDonalds this Wednesday subside. Go make a sandwich or something.