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sábado, agosto 27, 2005
Shoplifting as Social Commentary
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Yomango's arrival in Germany may open a new front for what is largely a Latin American movement -- the phenomenon has roots in Argentina, where some angered by the 2001 collapse of the national economy began claiming goods without paying after witnessing the apparent implosion of capitalist doctrines.
But the web could push the pilfering further afield, according to counterculture commentator R.U. Sirius, author of Counterculture Through the Ages.
"I think it's great, spirited, irreverent fun -- instead of rejecting fashion, they are turning it into something rebellious and spontaneous," he said.
"Can I take it seriously as a strategy for changing the world? Not on its own and not as a form of political organizing. But as an embodied expression of the general spirit of open-source, file-sharing culture that could ultimately overwhelm systems of ownership in the increasingly digitized economy, it works."
Representatives of Yomango franchises did not respond to requests for comment. ~
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Wired News: Shoplifting as Social Commentary
Yomango's arrival in Germany may open a new front for what is largely a Latin American movement -- the phenomenon has roots in Argentina, where some angered by the 2001 collapse of the national economy began claiming goods without paying after witnessing the apparent implosion of capitalist doctrines.
But the web could push the pilfering further afield, according to counterculture commentator R.U. Sirius, author of Counterculture Through the Ages.
"I think it's great, spirited, irreverent fun -- instead of rejecting fashion, they are turning it into something rebellious and spontaneous," he said.
"Can I take it seriously as a strategy for changing the world? Not on its own and not as a form of political organizing. But as an embodied expression of the general spirit of open-source, file-sharing culture that could ultimately overwhelm systems of ownership in the increasingly digitized economy, it works."
Representatives of Yomango franchises did not respond to requests for comment. ~
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Wired News: Shoplifting as Social Commentary
posted by CMT, 7:36 da tarde
