[lbo-talk] voluntary simplicity as secularized calvinism (or, how to achieve a state of grace by buying locally)

[tully]

I love it!  That's the way to produce widgets!  Factory and material 
are Just-In-Time and about as localized as it gets, with minimal 
shipping.  The product lasts for years and so does a single vendor 
purchase.  

I used to pay 50 cents per apron for my cigarette roller and after 
they'd keep splitting after a few weeks, went to making my own out of 
wide plastic tape.  The first one lasted 6 months.  My design and 
manufacturing improved and I've used this second one almost a year 
and no signs of breaking any time soon.  

--tully

On Monday 28 March 2005 06:41 pm, B. wrote:
>http://www.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centres/home_leisure/duct_tape/dt_
>wallet.html
>
>Tully wrote:
>> If because of the way we produce our widgets, we
>
>have all other
>
>> nations gunning for us, or we can't breathe the air
>
>or drink the
>
>> water, what can better internal social relations do
>
>to help?  First
>
>> things first.  Are agendas blinding us from an
>
>understanding of
>
>> priorities?
>>
>> --tully
>
>"I'm not too worried by hegemony / I know the cadre will look after
> me" - Magazine, "Model Worker," 1978
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