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Don't Look At Me

by mymicz Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2003 at 10:43 PM

Sorry to remind you of a cheesy song, but, "so this is Christmas and what have you done?"

Marching and moving are one in the same. But moving can be done without marching.

It strikes me as funny that we let the powerful corporations controll our daily lives.

Why?

Because it wasn't always this way.

Once upon a time, nature was the only force that could make or break you.

Once long ago, we lost that fear through technology, or at least minimised it.

Technology gave kings the ability to controll you with weapons. Although there were instances of freedom for the people, no one force rose to ultimately defend them. From then on it was all down hill.

Until America came along, or more specifically, the American Constitution.

For the first time one had a choice. You could once and for all defend yourself with technology against the traditional tyrant.

What's more is that many united to become one to defeat the tyrant, so as to live by their own rules.

Despite the Patriot Act, aressts in Seattle, Florida and elswhere during protests, and the general incohesiveness of those who disagree with our government, there are still daily choices we can make to stick it to King George. Choices that are afforded to all Americans.

But don't look at me.

You see, I'm coming down on myself lately, because it is so hard to make those choices and keep them.

Even harder when business is bad.

In fact, I can't even follow the rules of my own religion, even though I know not driving on Saturday is a great thing for the planet, hey, I got a docors appointment to go to.

Hmmm, choices, I thought I had made the right ones.

What choices can you make on a daily basis that can effect the world in general?

Every thing you do.

One less shower a week, for everyone, would have an amazing effect on the water supply.

One mug when you eat out, instead of a paper cup, can save up to 80% of your daily waste.

One pair of shoes made in an ecologically sound way, even though they're hard to find, supports a good company with no corporate ties.

SEGWAY:

"And the words of the prophets are written in the subway walls, concert halls, and echoed to the sound, OF SALESMEN!"

Rush

Salesmen! Not protestors, not corporations. What choice can we make that may help the world? Being salesmen.

Every time you talk someone into shopping for enviro friendly products, you make more of a change than ever you could protesting.

It's about making our consumer society work for us.

Go on, sell it kids!

Sell the way, in a non-profit kinda way, to people who don't know how to make choices.

This is not about a when in Rome type attitude.

It is about changing the face of commerce.

If one fourth of the people who protested in Florida were sales people for an alternative economy, we might have something going.

What better way, as Whole Foods discovered long ago, to change the world, than by selling products and services that make the world better, even gradually.

Eco-systems are a natural selling point, pun intended.

But one would have to begin with the lowest common denominator.

You're not going to sell Paris Hilton a hemp shirt for 1000 dollars and change the world.

But if you sell a poor mother on recycling, or organic foods, one by one, those poor families make all the difference.

If you speak to the impoverished about the Anti-Christ that is Wall-Mart, if you get them to shop somwhere else, virtually anywhere else is better for the world.

Wall-Mart did 1.5 Billion dollars in business this holiday season already, and Paris Hilton doesn't even know what a Wall Mart is.

It's not good enough to make eco-sensibility popular and trendy for the rich.

The neccesity to make this type of lifestyle work for poor families is tenfold.

It's the Henry Ford school of environmentalism.

Large quantities of low wage workers make up the bulk of profits in the non-military world.

Those profits must shift from the hands of Wall-Mart to the hands of the people.

Every community organic garden, every water purifier used instead of a Sparklets delivery, every solar panel, and every mug brought into Starbucks has more impact on the world than a million protestors.

But don't look at me, I'm just getting started with my mission.

30, 000, 000 protestors worldwide are also that many plus their families worth of consumer power.

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