[lbo-talk] "My hobby is shopping." Adbusters in Japan

[Gregory Lipman]

I seem to remember "Buy Nothing Day" taking a bit of a drubbing on this list
a while back. Nonetheless, I think this article is interesting and
Adbuster-like culture jamming would be very useful in Japan for a variety of
reasons. While bubble-era rampant consumerism is giving way to "100 yen
Shops" and increasing homelessness and underemployment, Japan still has
remnants of the gift economy and a kind of "organic socialism".

The article also mentions this: "And perhaps Japan is actually ahead of its
developed country cousins as its per capita ecological footprint is
“roughly half” of a Canadian’s or American’s." A positive facet, no
doubt but this is due in large part to the impossibility to use cars for
daily commutes, strictly enforced recycling laws, and reduced living space.

http://www.theforeigner-japan.com/index.htm?http://www.theforeigner-japan.co
m/archives/200404/news.htm

Cheers,
Greg

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