Sunday, December 10, 2006

Please, money, please

"Shoppingresa i världens verkstad", Po Tidholm, DN Kultur:
"Barnen stirrar mig i ögonen, sträcker fram sina små slitna emaljkoppar och viskar "please, money, please". Som om vi behövde ytter­ligare en påminnelse om obalansen."
Po's article portrays western consumerism as it's right now showing it's face in China's backyard markets. Westerns going to Beijing on 72 hour shopping quests for cheap pirated goods. Bargaining over fake Gucci and Ralph Lauren shirts in trading districts becoming more and more organized and structured.
Culture?! No, not interested. I'm here to shop. Only got seventy-two hours. No, I don't have any money to spare. Have a nice day.
Read it.

2 comments:

Erik Starck said...

Nu ska vi alltså känna oss skyldiga för att vi shoppar och skapar arbete. Samtidigt är det just denna handel som ligger bakom följande:

"25 million East Asians have emerged from severe poverty in just the first three quarters of 2006"
http://www.johannorberg.net/?page=displayblog&month=12&year=2006#2012

Andreas Kristensson said...

Nu ska det till DNs försvar tilläggas att Erik faktiskt inte läst artikeln.