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It’s Economic, Stupid.

THIS IS What happens in America: shopping is confused with religion. Keeping Christmas Shopping Safe for Christians I want to note that it’s getting confused with *three* religions in this series of quoted comments at Jewschool.

Evangelicals are not the only folks getting sucked in by this logic: the false idea that *anything* a retailer can do is a “war on Christmas” or “in support of Christmas”. All the retailer wants from you is your money, she doesn’t care, at all, if you’re a Christian, a Muslim or a god-hating lunatic (or some combo). WHat’s coming out now is the reality of how the American system has corrupted the whole party.

Huw blogged this on December 2nd, 2009 at 7:13 am
Tags: , , | Category: consumer
Discussion: You came too late to this party
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3 comments to It’s Economic, Stupid.

  • James of Chicago
    December 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Being a retailer myself (wine buyer at Whole Foods), I follow the same logic when I’m at work. I’ll take your money regardless of your religion, politics, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. I suppose this is one way of getting rid of prejudice…

  • The young fogey
    December 7th, 2009 at 12:24 am

    Yes, the prosperity gospel is rubbish but I don’t see the evil in taking a transnational northern European mid-winter cheering-up festival complete with consuming (and of course giving) and tying it into the birth of Christ.

    I agree with James of Chicago entirely here. But you knew that. He agrees with von Mises: it’s your right to discriminate but you’ll hurt yourself in the long run.

  • Huw
    December 7th, 2009 at 7:44 am

    I’ve no problem with the businesses acting like businesses here. I’m pointing out that when the Christians insist that the businesses apply a veneer of Christianity it is only to make them (the Christians) feel comfortable. It’s not evangelism to force (eg) Old Navy to say “Merry Christmas”. It’s not even, properly understood, social outreach or mission work. It’s silly.

    It’s an attempt to prop up our own Christian ego, insisting we have a very special place in this empire. When, really, we shouldn’t ask for that at all.