Several news outlets today reported that a Dallas Dollar Tree customer made a purchase of a banner of an American Flag. There were some issues with the banner that the customer noticed and made a complaint. The flag banner had 61 inverted stars all clustered in the blue background. The red and white strips were placed incorrectly top to bottom. The flag banner was made in China.
It's just a banner. It is not a real flag.
So why the big deal? Would there really be an issue if the July 4th Holiday was not upon us?
The American Dream has become a bad diet of consumer economy debt feed to us by commercial materialism from large corporations who are trying to live the dream of Capitalism. Is it really all that bad? We as a nation have really lost sight of our goals.
I can not think a colonial farmer who would spend all their time and money to have a green front lawn like modern city folk do.
So what is the American Dream? If I relied on consumerism to tell me the definition is anorexic and shallow.
You get an education, to get a better job, to buy stuff.
But the stuff never lasts.
It isn't so cool to have the cool gadget of last month.
The style changes.
The music gets stale.
The ipod will die.
The computer will get a virus or the OS changes and all your games no longer work.
Worse, you drop your phone in the toilet.
I am just sure I can not buy into this American Dream. I really would rather talk face to face than twitter my friends. I would rather really kiss my wife than emoticon xoxo's.
Don't send me a youtube video of you jumping your bike down at the canyon. Tell me the exhilarating experience over a cold one. Show me the scraps and cuts too.
There is the human experience that we have taken out of the staple of this American Dream.
What do you do to bring the American Dream into reality? You could really help a parent
who is being pressured to buy a teenager a new ipod. Just because the "black one doesn't have
as much gigabytes as the white."
It's just a banner. It is not a real flag.
So why the big deal? Would there really be an issue if the July 4th Holiday was not upon us?
The American Dream has become a bad diet of consumer economy debt feed to us by commercial materialism from large corporations who are trying to live the dream of Capitalism. Is it really all that bad? We as a nation have really lost sight of our goals.
I can not think a colonial farmer who would spend all their time and money to have a green front lawn like modern city folk do.
So what is the American Dream? If I relied on consumerism to tell me the definition is anorexic and shallow.
You get an education, to get a better job, to buy stuff.
But the stuff never lasts.
It isn't so cool to have the cool gadget of last month.
The style changes.
The music gets stale.
The ipod will die.
The computer will get a virus or the OS changes and all your games no longer work.
Worse, you drop your phone in the toilet.
I am just sure I can not buy into this American Dream. I really would rather talk face to face than twitter my friends. I would rather really kiss my wife than emoticon xoxo's.
Don't send me a youtube video of you jumping your bike down at the canyon. Tell me the exhilarating experience over a cold one. Show me the scraps and cuts too.
There is the human experience that we have taken out of the staple of this American Dream.
What do you do to bring the American Dream into reality? You could really help a parent
who is being pressured to buy a teenager a new ipod. Just because the "black one doesn't have
as much gigabytes as the white."
Ask someone living in poverty in a third world country to define the American Dream--they understand it. We are too spoiled. We are already living the American dream so we chase the materialistic fantasy.
If an American store sells something patriotic, it is the stores duty to make sure that what they are selling conforms with the American standards that are set. The flag symbolizes 13 American colonies and 50 states within the country. Yes, we are a materialistic nation and we often make a big deal about things that don't need to be. However, I really feel as if they should correct the mistake on the "banner." Our country should mean more than a profit of less than a dollar.