What are the chances of counterculture movements like buynothingchristmas.org, Christmas Resistance, and Buy Nothing Day succeeding and changing society? You hear reports about all this and chain stores being banned, the economy changing, etc.
2006-12-03 00:51:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
they wont affect me...all my gifts at christmas usually involve scrap paper and crayons anyway!!
2006-12-03 00:55:41 · answer #1 · answered by paradigm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is small efforts like this that are the first signs of a deep discontent with the consumer, capitalist society we have been swallowed up by. In time, as the planet continues to die, the capitalist system will start to break up. Local wars and famine will increase. Christmas, as we have known it, will become a thing of the past, a distant memory of the last days of the Empire.
2006-12-03 08:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slim to none. They may raise awareness on an individual level, so I don't think they're entirely pointless. But I strongly doubt they're going to spawn any noticeable, widespread revolution. Materialism and greed are biological impulses, and I think the problem probably runs deeper than the cultural / social realm.
I love Adbusters and have a strong activist mindset, but I've concluded that the best way to change the world is to love people where they are and to focus my attention on becoming a better person myself. Seems to be more effective this way, because I'm less angry, rigid, and preachy
2006-12-03 08:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by freshmeatpuppet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely nothing
2006-12-03 08:53:14 · answer #4 · answered by leena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋