You are not rebels.
You are tools of the very system you oppose.
Do you really think that your rebel consumerism of “alternative” products constitutes a resistance to mainstream society? Do you really expect that shopping at Urban Outfitters, listening to obscure music, drinking Chai Lattes and quoting Fight Club is a viable opposition to mass society? Do you really consider this shit to be a protest?
If so, you’ve been duped. But don't worry, I was duped too. Now I'm beginning to see the light.
Welcome to the defeatist hall of fame.
let's go.
on with it.
Posted by: mr fun | 12 April 2006 at 10:01 AM
What does it say about our country that the only acceptable form of protest is shopping at a less popular retail chain?
Posted by: e_five | 12 April 2006 at 10:57 AM
I've seen these things before...$65 dollars for a fucking pair of canvas tennis shoes? For an ultimate insider "fuck you to THE MAN" that only other insiders will get? You've got to be joking!
Try some Right Action, beeotch! Shop at the Goodwill. Buy a retarded pair of old wingtips for $1.99 and scrawl anti-corporate slogans on them in WhiteOut or something.
Oh, Agi! What's to become of us!?!?!?!
Posted by: Robot Buddha | 12 April 2006 at 10:58 AM
Culture jammers et. al. are defeatists. Instead of shopping at Walmart or Macys they shop at Urban Outfitters for rebel chic gear. They're still supporting the capitalist machine.
Posted by: Comandante Agi | 12 April 2006 at 11:22 AM
make your own damn shoes.
Posted by: mr fun | 12 April 2006 at 11:28 AM
Does Thoreau talk about that in Walden?
Posted by: Comandante Agi | 12 April 2006 at 12:15 PM
probably.
Posted by: mr fun | 12 April 2006 at 01:30 PM
Face it. We're all fucked. There is no escaping the capitalist monster.
Posted by: Rob the Dirty Liberal | 12 April 2006 at 03:24 PM
I don't find much wrong with anything these days.
Posted by: mr fun | 12 April 2006 at 05:44 PM
Being content is a good thing.
Posted by: Comandante Agí | 12 April 2006 at 05:53 PM
I don't find much wrong with anything these days.
Posted by: mr fun | 12 April 2006 at 05:54 PM
surprisingly I'm never happy when I'm happy.
it is much more difficult to accept the world as it is than it is to reject it at every turn.
Posted by: mr fun | 13 April 2006 at 05:36 AM
Hence the reason why people would rather escape reality than face it. There are a multitude of distractions for us.
Yep, it's so much easier to complain about something than it is to accept it for what it is.
Posted by: Comandante Agi | 13 April 2006 at 07:34 AM
You mean I can't polish a brick into a mirrior?
Posted by: Fred | 13 April 2006 at 11:02 AM