Whitee - Purveyor of Fine Beats...Provider of Lyrical Treats
Music, culture & politics. We'll also update Whitee's recording progress.Saturday, November 10, 2007
Today I'm not going to be bitching about Democrats for a change. No. Today I'm going to be bitching about you. That's right, you.
The new "hot" story is about toys made in China. You have no right to say an f-ing word. No tisk, tisk. Nothing. Why?
Because YOU have insisted on going to Crap-mart and buying cheap crap. YOU have insisted that price is more important than anything else. YOU have taken the easy way out and bought stuff to occupy your kids' minds even though what they really need is your time and attention.
And YOU have jumped on anyone who has offered the opinion that maybe capitalism isn't the best way to go. You can't bitch because this is what capitalism is about. Profit and no regulation. That is the free market...to make the most amount of profit for stockholders in the shortest amount of time. Therefore, factories will abuse women and children to make crap to sell to you by the boatload at stupid prices. And advertising will use scientific techniques in brainwashing us to crave this stuff. And stuff that really does nothing to the value of your life.
This is what you get. This is what you deserve. Your KIDS don't deserve it, but you do. It's a lifestyle choice. How you make your money and how you spend it is just as important as how you vote and how involved you get in what's happening.
Stop for a minute and think. If your children see you making decisions on how you make your money and what you do with it how do you think that will affect them? I mean seriously affect them on a long-term basis? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you'll get the "but all my friends have..." A teaching moment! An opportunity to sit down and talk with your kids. I'm a teacher, but I can't raise your kids.
Ho, ho, ho. Christmas is acommin. What are you going to do? Are you going to buy the usual crap? Video games, sexist dolls, lead-painted crap? Hey, the choice is yours. You have a choice, despite what "capitalism" tells you.
Tell you what. Start with Co-op America. Go to their Green Pages and do some holiday shopping that may actually help people. [This is not a commercial. I use links from CA to buy most of my gifts now. Or I try to shop local.]
The new "hot" story is about toys made in China. You have no right to say an f-ing word. No tisk, tisk. Nothing. Why?
Because YOU have insisted on going to Crap-mart and buying cheap crap. YOU have insisted that price is more important than anything else. YOU have taken the easy way out and bought stuff to occupy your kids' minds even though what they really need is your time and attention.
And YOU have jumped on anyone who has offered the opinion that maybe capitalism isn't the best way to go. You can't bitch because this is what capitalism is about. Profit and no regulation. That is the free market...to make the most amount of profit for stockholders in the shortest amount of time. Therefore, factories will abuse women and children to make crap to sell to you by the boatload at stupid prices. And advertising will use scientific techniques in brainwashing us to crave this stuff. And stuff that really does nothing to the value of your life.
This is what you get. This is what you deserve. Your KIDS don't deserve it, but you do. It's a lifestyle choice. How you make your money and how you spend it is just as important as how you vote and how involved you get in what's happening.
Stop for a minute and think. If your children see you making decisions on how you make your money and what you do with it how do you think that will affect them? I mean seriously affect them on a long-term basis? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you'll get the "but all my friends have..." A teaching moment! An opportunity to sit down and talk with your kids. I'm a teacher, but I can't raise your kids.
Ho, ho, ho. Christmas is acommin. What are you going to do? Are you going to buy the usual crap? Video games, sexist dolls, lead-painted crap? Hey, the choice is yours. You have a choice, despite what "capitalism" tells you.
Tell you what. Start with Co-op America. Go to their Green Pages and do some holiday shopping that may actually help people. [This is not a commercial. I use links from CA to buy most of my gifts now. Or I try to shop local.]
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