In an earlier blog where I advocated buying products with Pro Commerce inscribed on them, one of my readers responded with the comment that I should have matching products with Anti-Commerce on them.
Many years ago I wrote an article attacking myself, since no one else had bothered to do it. Now is the time to write the anti-commerce position.
I don't like change. I want a community around me that is stable, supportive and accepts me the way I am. I
support labor unions because they are strong opponents of change and
they encourage businesses to act like monopolies. Unions keep market change
from destabilizing the world I live in. I
oppose any form of trade, domestic or international, because it means
jobs change, people have to move, people have to change who they are to
compete in the new markets. I want tariffs that protect me and my
friends from any pressure to change. While
I like gimmicks and technological toys I hate the ever changing horizon
of new technologies that I have to learn like email, faxes, cell phones
with cameras, digital TV etc...that means I have to adapt. Technology
keeps changing the cozy world I live in. I
support environmentalism because it wants the world to be simpler, more
in tune with nature. Environmentalism opposes everything that expands
the modern world. I agree with that. To me hard work in a modern office
is undesirable and unpleasant and should be banned. I want the government to
promote equality. I see no reason anyone should be richer than I am,
and no reason why I should ever fear being poor. If I don't want to
work or can't find the work I want to do, the government should help me
out. That includes making sure I have the best medical care, as fine
as everyone else's, for free. The government
is my friend, it keeps change from happening and should provide comfort
for me in any area where I need it. I want to be appreciated for who I
am not on what I do. I don't want to be judged and I don't want to have
to judge others. Meritocracy is just another form of social judgment
and I abhor it.
I
want people around me who I can feel comfortable with who know me and
recognize me on the street. We don't need more migrants from other
parts of the country, we don't need people from other countries working
here. We don't need bigger cites, bigger buildings or changes in the
way we do things.