Don’t Buy Into It

If you are fed up with mass consumerism and think that the capitalist paradigm we live in is bringing about the destruction of the planet, maybe the shopping and sales on Black Friday are something you don’t want to participate in. Well then, how about Buy Nothing Day.

Buy Nothing day is the Friday after Thanksgiving and was created by Adbusters in order to create “a 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending - participate by not participating.” In a protest against mass-consumerism and consumption each year on Black Friday in the US (and the following day internationally). The concept isn’t just to protest one day of shopping but rather to change the way people shop, moving away from a culture of over indulgence indulgence and focusing on “starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste” (again thanks to Wikipedia).

So, your choice. Whether you rush out to the Black Friday Sales or support the Buy Nothing Day movement, enjoy your Friday.