Japanese Image of American Consumerism

Japanese embrace American sense of consumer valuesAmerica is the land of liberty right? “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Maybe it should have read “yearning to shop” or maybe “yearning to rack up credit card debt in the name of a new cute handbag.” Do not forget “The crappy merchandise of your retail store.” “I lift my bag beside the golden visa!” I saw this sign the other day when stopping by the ATM. It struck me as so odd that I took a picture to share. I think the moral of this image is to live free, have fun, get the bag, and do not forget to die with a whole lot of debt because who cares after that.

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#1 Robert Langston on 04.01.08 at 11:29 am

Yikes! I hope the moral isn’t the intended message!

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