“Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the country’s most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management.”
― George Monbiot

While this is true, I  prefer to shop at places where, at least, I am supporting local artists and owners. That way I can, at a minimum, pat myself on my back and feel somewhat cleaner, and not quite as much as a mindless whore to the economy.

12/23/16

© words and pictures by Dan DeMarle 2016