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Originally Posted by keyshawn
BND and the culture jamming movement is pretty radical and can be pretty easily misconstrued. IMHO, What BND is about citizens to voice their distress over the rampant consumerism (which is promoted to the citizens by the corporations and being consumed by their fellow citizens) in Western nations, particularly the US.
Delaying your purchases by a few days doesn't do any justice according to the BNDers. What they're encouraging is rather "don't buy that TV or gift for some one at all, instead of buying it on BF or another day either - because for too many people the gift is only what matters" and to reexamine your criteria of a necessary purchase.
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Exactly!
I guess this is what many people don't get upon immediately hearing about Buy Nothing Day. Although i tend to shy away from Adbusters and their ilk (it's just another brand nowadays), the fundemental idea of Buy Nothing Day is a great one. Sometimes it's nice to step back and really examine our consumption, especially those of us in North America. Then again, every day is Buy Nothing Day for us poor college students.
Regardless of my distaste for Adbusters though, this year in Halifax, i helped organize some
Buy Nothing Day action , which for the most part, turned out really well (and we had a blast doing it).