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Posted In: All Videos, Social CommentaryComments: 68 Responses
This is one of my favorite social responsibility videos o’ mine. I go back to this a lot, because the culture of New York City is steeped in consumerism and having all the coolest toys. Everything in our capitalist society seems geared to owning crap. Buying stuff. Stimulating the economy by working really hard at a company that is selling something to someone, so you can earn money to buy the stuff that another company is making. This is really the premise of our consumerist popular culture. Ain’t it grand? Ain’t it spiritually awakened? I’m so tired of being made to feel like I need to buy something. Around every corner is another hawker with wares: across every medium, down every street, even your NEIGHBORS try to sell you stuff at the Tupperware parties. My willpower is getting stronger, and I’m generally buying a lot less stupid stuff like clothes and expensive makeup and whatnot (yes, I am a girlie girl, got a problem with that?). But seriously? I’m kind of glad the economy is tanking a bit. Because we don’t need to be making a bunch of crap we don’t need, polluting our environment and lives along the way. Oddly, our economic hardships just might lead to some much-needed political reform and give rise to some social movements. It’s time for us to get back to basics, for our own sakes and our planet’s sake. So it’s kind of nice that the economy is helping us along on cutting back. Know what I mean? That’s just my social responsibility commentary. What do you think?
February 17th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:57 am
[..YouTube..] Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
>Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. I sure can imagine that ….. it’s called communism.Now have a look here:video . google . com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197You will have to remove all the spaces in the link above. Let me know what you think, it’s 120 minutes movie but it’s all critical information there.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
[..YouTube..] >Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can.
I sure can imagine that ….. it’s called communism.
Now have a look here:
video . google . com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197
You will have to remove all the spaces in the link above. Let me know what you think, it’s 120 minutes movie but it’s all critical information there.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Baby, u rock! BTW, I think I know you but just can’t tell? Where are you from?
March 12th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
[..YouTube..] Baby, u rock! BTW, I think I know you but just can’t tell? Where are you from?
March 18th, 2009 at 1:03 am
lol, yeh! i totally second you on that.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:03 am
[..YouTube..] lol, yeh! i totally second you on that.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:59 am
A superb work to freedom the soul .Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~ YAN AYRTONsee my 2 musical videos here about this crucial issue :1 )YAN AYRTON Piano The paths to distress and dispair The modern life ocidental CONSUMERISM.2 )YAN AYRTON Piano – CONSUMERISM . This huge excess can exterminate the humansYou have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. YAN AYRTONThank you what you done to american people
April 6th, 2009 at 6:59 am
[..YouTube..] A superb work to freedom the soul .
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~ YAN AYRTON
see my 2 musical videos here about this crucial issue :
1 )YAN AYRTON Piano The paths to distress and dispair The modern life ocidental CONSUMERISM.
2 )YAN AYRTON Piano – CONSUMERISM . This huge excess can exterminate the humans
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. YAN AYRTON
Thank you what you done to american people
April 6th, 2009 at 6:59 am
[..YouTube..] A superb work to freedom the soul .Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~ YAN AYRTONsee my 2 musical videos here about this crucial issue :1 )YAN AYRTON Piano The paths to distress and dispair The modern life ocidental CONSUMERISM.2 )YAN AYRTON Piano – CONSUMERISM . This huge excess can exterminate the humansYou have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. YAN AYRTONThank you what you done to american people
April 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Maybe the would be a good thing.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
[..YouTube..] Maybe the would be a good thing.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
so much crap
April 28th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
[..YouTube..] so much crap
May 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Ahh too true. We all live in a consumer world….but knowing that crap doesn’t make you happy is half the battle.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
[..YouTube..] Ahh too true. We all live in a consumer world….but knowing that crap doesn’t make you happy is half the battle.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
When all our jobs are in China, consumerism will be gone from the US.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
[..YouTube..] When all our jobs are in China, consumerism will be gone from the US.
June 6th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Ironic. Someone who buys six designer jeans worth over 1400$ complaining about consumerism. Believe me bitch, that ship has sailed… you have no right to speak. You’re only SAYING this shit to exploit the message in order to increase your video’s hits, and keep that check coming in which you WILL spend on more shit.
June 6th, 2009 at 2:15 am
[..YouTube..] Ironic. Someone who buys six designer jeans worth over 1400$ complaining about consumerism. Believe me bitch, that ship has sailed… you have no right to speak. You’re only SAYING this shit to exploit the message in order to increase your video’s hits, and keep that check coming in which you WILL spend on more shit.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
It’s not easy to change. At least she’s recognizing there’s a problem with that way of living and she’s making an attempt to stop being that way.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
[..YouTube..] It’s not easy to change. At least she’s recognizing there’s a problem with that way of living and she’s making an attempt to stop being that way.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Consumerism feeds an abscess of fat-ass capitalists that deprive humanity of the energy it could have used to grow in a productive direction. Instead of finding solutions to the problems threatening to devastate the planet, all resources just go into a pustule.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
[..YouTube..] Consumerism feeds an abscess of fat-ass capitalists that deprive humanity of the energy it could have used to grow in a productive direction. Instead of finding solutions to the problems threatening to devastate the planet, all resources just go into a pustule.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Renegade has the right idea…Consumerism, or whatever you want to call it has taken over, just like drugs we are struggling every day to feed our souls with the feeling of being ‘whole’. There’s no need to look further than ourselves, for blame or answers…
June 16th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
[..YouTube..] Renegade has the right idea…Consumerism, or whatever you want to call it has taken over, just like drugs we are struggling every day to feed our souls with the feeling of being ‘whole’. There’s no need to look further than ourselves, for blame or answers…
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
One thing that I hate from democratic countries is CONSUMERISM. I was born in war tornado in Croatia when Yugoslavia was falling appart. I always Listened my parents and asked them: “How were you living in Yugoslavia if you weren’t a member of a party and if you wasn’t against communism?” They say: there was less choice of clothes, boots, shoes, etc., but everything was made in good qaulity and it was chep and you could wear some shoes for 20-30 yeras like they were new.
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
[..YouTube..] One thing that I hate from democratic countries is CONSUMERISM. I was born in war tornado in Croatia when Yugoslavia was falling appart. I always Listened my parents and asked them: “How were you living in Yugoslavia if you weren’t a member of a party and if you wasn’t against communism?” They say: there was less choice of clothes, boots, shoes, etc., but everything was made in good qaulity and it was chep and you could wear some shoes for 20-30 yeras like they were new.
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Today, for sam prize you can buy only shit that will fall apart for 6 months-1 year.
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
[..YouTube..] Today, for sam prize you can buy only shit that will fall apart for 6 months-1 year.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
ugh i hate the sound your voice. I hope this ruins your day-how dare you use SOAD music you sell out. ur part of the system. BE REAL
July 4th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
[..YouTube..] ugh i hate the sound your voice. I hope this ruins your day-how dare you use SOAD music you sell out. ur part of the system. BE REAL
July 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
ahahah ur a consumer whooore
July 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
[..YouTube..] ahahah ur a consumer whooore
August 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
great video excellent points — on top of dealing with the “crap” we have people who are unhappy about life, their marriages, their jobs……people focus on the wrong things……
August 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
[..YouTube..] great video excellent points — on top of dealing with the “crap” we have people who are unhappy about life, their marriages, their jobs……people focus on the wrong things……
August 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
It’s called self-control – willpower. It IS true that advertising uses psychological techniques to get people to want shit they don’t need (google “Edward Bernays” and check out Adam Curtis’ documentary “The Century of the Self”) but really, people need to stop behaving like petulant, whiny little children and blame the advertising industry for what is, at it’s core, their own weak mindedness and shamlessly stupid herd mentality. Be a fucking individual and take responsibility for your life!!!!
August 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
[..YouTube..] It’s called self-control – willpower. It IS true that advertising uses psychological techniques to get people to want shit they don’t need (google “Edward Bernays” and check out Adam Curtis’ documentary “The Century of the Self”) but really, people need to stop behaving like petulant, whiny little children and blame the advertising industry for what is, at it’s core, their own weak mindedness and shamlessly stupid herd mentality. Be a fucking individual and take responsibility for your life!!!!
September 11th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man; no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our Great War is a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
[..YouTube..] I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man; no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our Great War is a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
We’ve all been raised by television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars. But we won’t; and we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
[..YouTube..] We’ve all been raised by television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars. But we won’t; and we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Tyler Durden, fight club.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
[..YouTube..] Tyler Durden, fight club.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
she is so sweet =)
December 8th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
[..YouTube..] she is so sweet =)
December 9th, 2009 at 12:34 am
I don’t believe this girl.
December 9th, 2009 at 12:34 am
[..YouTube..] I don’t believe this girl.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
so let me get this straight, your idea of a social commentary about consumerism is to make a video showing off all of the expensive shit you have? You paid more for 6 pairs of jeans than I did for my work truck. You ARE comsumerism at its worst. Stop acting like you have a social conscious by getting all dolled up and posing with your yuppie furnishings/clothes.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
[..YouTube..] so let me get this straight, your idea of a social commentary about consumerism is to make a video showing off all of the expensive shit you have? You paid more for 6 pairs of jeans than I did for my work truck. You ARE comsumerism at its worst. Stop acting like you have a social conscious by getting all dolled up and posing with your yuppie furnishings/clothes.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:41 am
[..YouTube..] U r beautiful and intelligent and I very much like the fact that u don t delete negative comments. Keep on !
February 13th, 2010 at 10:56 am
[..YouTube..] I bought my computer because I got tired of walking to the library to use a computer. I love consumerism. I am not too worried about the environment.
February 25th, 2010 at 3:29 am
[..YouTube..] Check out my latest video on Affluenza if you like this video. Cheers. Thanks for sharing.
March 4th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
[..YouTube..] im too lazy to make my own videos
March 4th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
[..YouTube..] governments makes profit off the destruction of the earth, does this sound human to you ?
March 8th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
[..YouTube..] it’s like internet fart. useless air.
March 14th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
[..YouTube..] telling the truth but you,ve no need to be so pretty..
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:25 am
[..YouTube..] This is exactly what is going on out here, the same people who sell you the idea are the same people who 1, buy into it. 2, Advertise it. & 3, take the piss….LolNon compliance is the way…Peace & Light
April 9th, 2010 at 11:28 am
[..YouTube..] The Venus Project has proposed a new system that promotes health, sustainable living, food production, technological improvements, and better education. It also solves the problem of world hunger and poverty. Please research The Venus Project here on youtube. I’m sure your time is occupied with other media, but I think you will agree with their ideas. Then spread this important knowledge to everyone you know so we can end this Consumerism garbage.
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:59 am
[..YouTube..] you seem to have way too much money as it is, mrs. i dont have that kind of money to blow on TVs, shoes and bedsheets. The last major purchase I made was a pair of shoes, I purposely bought ones that were comfortable and durable because I didnt want to have to go and buy more. they cost me £40 and I only bought them because my old pair were worn out beyond repair. Do I shop like this because im poor? Not really, I just dont want to be screwed by the obvious con that is consumerism
May 13th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
[..YouTube..] Bonjour, I’m a Marxist and very against consumerism, I happily live life socialising, reading and most importantly, discovering. Although I must admit that it is consumerism that gives development and technology that little bit of a push; similar to war.What do you (yes you) think?
May 26th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
[..YouTube..] Want not, waste not.
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:34 am
[..YouTube..] Create a video, get money and buy more shit!Hypocrit bitch.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:30 am
[..YouTube..] I like that you’re talking about the issue of consumerism… it’s not talked about enough and I’d like to hear you delve into this issue further.
July 27th, 2010 at 6:29 am
[..YouTube..] There are 2 ways to become rich:1) Produce more2) Wish less
August 17th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
[..YouTube..] how do you have any money left LOL?
August 31st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
[..YouTube..] Maybe she’ll turn out to be a low maintenance wife…lets hope so.