It's SO COOL That H&M is Opening!!
The lines are apparently snaking around ten blocks downtown for the opening of H&M. Our own Erika Hobart will be here soon with exciting photos and news. On the bus this morning several passengers were a-twitter about it. One young woman from New York was telling her new best friend all about the wonders of H&M, and most especially how cheap it is. It's all this cool stuff and it's cheaper than anywhere else!
Not to be the most annoying party-pooper on earth (well, ok, yes to being that), but what the fuck is the matter with you people? Don't you realize that damn near everything that's screwed up right now can be traced to your insufferable appetite for cheap? Everything fucked up about the global economy arises from the massive sucking force exerted by people in the richest country on earth demanding cheap food, cheap clothes, cheap energy, cheap mortgages, cheap everything. The cheaper it is, the more they'll buy--dragging everybody down in the process. That's why the jobs are disappearing from your own country and why China is going to pollute the hell out the atmosphere while you demurely recycle your food scraps.
Then again, maybe I'm just pining from unrequited love for Naomi Klein.
7 comment(s)
v says:
So I guess your suggestion is to buy expensive! Because then your money will go to a good cause!
I call BS.
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 18 2008 @ 2:02PM
Michael says:
Utter and very nearly totally wrong generalization (we buy more LUXURY goods than any other country, too - hey, and all those Starbucks selling $4 lattes...?).
Points for trying, but usually it's a sign of bad writing to come when a rant begins with "what the fuck is the matter with you people..."
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 18 2008 @ 2:47PM
Mark Fefer says:
Dammit! Some of my very best rants start with "what the fuck is the matter with you people..." Or so I thought.
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 18 2008 @ 8:02PM
JB says:
um, what's your glitch..the economy sucks - employment is high, jobs are scarce..what's next> are you going to call a communist because I don't want to pay for high gas prices and ride scooter..I mean, WTF is wrong with you - privileged white girl..Mom still giving you an allowance?
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 19 2008 @ 9:23AM
Josh says:
Does H&M use sweatshop labor? Are they mass polluters? Do they pay their employees minimum wage without giving health coverage? There has to be some substantive reason besides low prices to justify this attack against H&M. This article has no substance.
Posted On: Monday, Sep. 22 2008 @ 2:11PM
Josh says:
Does H&M use sweatshop labor? Are they mass polluters? Do they pay their employees minimum wage without giving health coverage? There has to be some substantive reason besides low prices to justify this attack against H&M. This article has no substance.
Posted On: Monday, Sep. 22 2008 @ 2:11PM
bigyaz says:
So if I go to, say, Banana Republic and pay $300 for pants and a sweater (very easy to do) then I'll be helping our economy, and that money will trickle down to hard-working American workers?
Right.
Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 23 2008 @ 9:19AM