I know some of you will say, "Get a job", or "Work hard and get your own Beckers". But it's too late, we're building too much momentum, we cannot be stopped. Who's with me?
funny thing about building UP momentum. that implies you don't have any yet. when it impacts upon the immoveable object, well, nothing happens :> you're already stopped. hell, just take a nap
there are plenty of them on ePrey. course, people buy them. we call this a competitive market place. highest bidder. the american dream! it works. you just need money, and time, and maybe a weeeee bit of luck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream
'''The four dreams of consumerism
Ownby (1999) identifies four American dreams that the new consumer culture addressed. The first was the "Dream of Abundance," offering a cornucopia of material goods to all Americans, making them proud to be the richest society on earth. The second was the "Dream of a Democracy of Goods," whereby everyone had access to the same products regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or class, thereby challenging the aristocratic norms of the rest of the world whereby only the rich or well-connected are granted access to luxury. The "Dream of Freedom of Choice," with its ever expanding variety of good allowed people to fashion their own particular life style. Finally, the "Dream of Novelty," in which ever-changing fashions, new models, and unexpected new products broadened the consumer experience in terms of purchasing skills and awareness of the market, and challenged the conservatism of traditional society and culture, and even politics. Ownby acknowledges that the dreams of the new consumer culture radiated out from the major cities, but notes that they quickly penetrated the most rural and most isolated areas, such as rural Mississippi. With the arrival of the model T after 1910, consumers in rural America were no longer locked into local general stores with their limited merchandise and high prices, and to comparison shop and in towns and cities. Ownby demonstrates that poor black Mississippians shared in the new consumer culture, both inside Mississippi, and it motivated the more ambitious to move to Memphis or Chicago.[23][24]'''
if you want it, find it for sale, and buy it. some people say "debt is good". nothing is holding you back. how about a little radical self-reliance?
now, a few months back, this amazingly dreaded lady showed up at my door. wearing a nice suit, and she had some paperwork indicating she was a specially empowered tax collector of some kind. she needed to see my cutlery to be taxed. naturally, i've already paid my taxes. so i was suspicious. the alluring smell of the unwashed masses with some patchouli oil tipped me off. well, it wasn't long before i was showing her my Becker, and she admitted that she really like the nice sheath i had for it. having been converted to my way of thinking, she was set free, to range fully upon the plains as a vegetarian only can. a shame though, because she really knew how to care for a Becker
wiped it clean after use, and made sure it was well oiled before and after work. almost a keeper, but unfortunately, i knew she was a double-agent.
