Could you imagine a society so highly progressive that it has a Buy Nothing Day every week?

[Boojatta]

You know, instead of merely once per year.

[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah, it used to be called

"Sunday"

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. sure did.

[gateley]

3. Ha! You're Right!!! nt

[JoePhilly]

5. +1000

[frazzled]

6. And that shows you

that the concept of "buy nothing day" really has nothing to do with "progressive" values, necessarily. Or even mainly. I'm not sure why the OP linked the two.

Buy local or sustainable, maybe. Buy nothing? What's progressive about that? Stick it to the Man? Just don't buy from the Man.

[The Genealogist]

21. Yes. Of course "blue laws" had little or nothing to do with curbing consumption.

Rather, these laws put governments in charge of enforcing the biblical command to rest on "the sabbath."

[dimbear]

4. Orthodox Jews, frinstance?

No, wait, didn't imagine them.

[Tx4obama]

7. When I first moved to Texas decades ago we had 'blue laws' down here ...

You could NOT buy hardly anything on Sunday except for food, beer, and car parts.

You could buy a dozen eggs but it was against the law to purchase a frying pan or a spatula.

I wouldn't call that 'progressive'

[RevStPatrick]

8. A highly progressive society...

...would have no need for a Buy Nothing Day.

[Capitalocracy]

9. Beat me to it

In a highly progressive society, every time you bought something, you would know it meant gainful employment with a living wage for all the workers along the supply chain.

[Travis_0004]

10. What good would a buy nothing day do?

Maybe on the idea, it seems good, but it wouldn't accomplish anything. If I choose not to buy something on monday, it usually doesn't mean that come Monday, I have no need for it. It simply shifts sales to other days of the week. Also, lets assume this is successful, and stores close one day a week. They will probably find that they don't need quite as many employees. I like the freedom to buy stuff any day of the week. I only get two days a week off, the last thing I want is to not be allowed to do anything one of those days.

[Horse with no Name]

11. I am really proud of my family

we have really cut out our buying...I have even quit going to the Goodwill as much.

We can easily become slaves to our desires...but it is much harder to release those chains.

We typically buy two days a week...maximum.

It really has to do with curbing consumerism...and the effects of that. It doesn't have to be a 'stand", but just getting weaned off of what we have been taught to do.

[Dreamer Tatum]

12. Sounds more like Walter Sobchak than progressive. nt

[Capitalocracy]

16. Would be interesting if he was

The President uses drone strikes to carry out assassinations in a nation we're not at war with?

OVER THE LINE! Does anybody give a shit about the rules?

[notadmblnd]

13. I used to trry to get my husband to play that game with me.

Have a "see how much we can not spend day".

[WCGreen]

14. We use to do that...

It was called Sunday.

Almost every store was closed on Sunday when I was growing up.

Gas Stations and small corner markets and a few restaurants.

Other than that, not much.

[JSnuffy]

15. Not buying things...

... doesn't strike me as a "progressive" value.

[MineralMan]

17. I'm not sure that's progressive.

I buy what I need, when I need it. Sometimes that happens on any of the seven days of the week. I don't have specific days when I buy things or not buy things. Most days, I don't buy things, but when I need something, I buy it, whatever day it is.

[Matariki]

18. I can imagine the lines in the store the day before

and after

[shanti]

19. wish it were so

the streets would be pretty empty though. i know i'm doing my part, cause i only leave the house about once a week for any groceries. my 2004 van still doesn't even have 30,000 miles yet either. i'm sure i'm not the only one like this....however, a reduced income will do that to ya!

[Codeine]

20. I buy things when I want them.

Setting aside a day not to buy anything is arbitrary silliness that accomplishes exactly, precisely, and completely Nothing.