The truest sign of a capitalist society is when you can create a holiday out of whole cloth designed solely for shopping, not put any trappings on the thing, and still watch it be successful. I’m not talking Black Friday where we are supposedly getting gifts for xmas. No, I’m talking about Amazon’s Prime Day. It is a real thing. It has news coverage and shopping so effusive that the website has slowed to a crawl. The only deal I’ve seen so far that isn’t a straight up Amazon tech product is the wii switch deal for 299 plus 64 gig card plus $20 worth of nintendo game credit. That right there sounds deal-tastic.
I might get it. I have 26 hrs to decide.
See, I bought in. I don’t actually need a switch. I’m better off getting a GoPro so I can record my kids playing sports. Yet here we are thinking about yet another gaming system addition to solve problems that do not actually exist. That being said, I would take a Ps4 deal. I am definitely about the ps4 life.
See, that is addict talk right there and reflective of the power that these things have over us. By these things I am absolutely referring to the concept of capitalism and the idea that happiness flows from what you have. I don’t desire to be a materialistic person, but I cannot deny that it is a part of my nature. That is why Prime Day raises my eyebrows if but a little. I should be focusing my finances on paying bills and paying down credit but dammit if I don’t want to buy new stuff.