No Logo

Inhuman · 05.06.2007, 08:38 PM

Have you read it? I'm starting it tonight. I already read a book on the opposing view of it (The Rebel Sell), so I'd like to see how the views contrast.

afterthefact · 05.06.2007, 09:36 PM

What is it about? I'm not up on "literature."

k-krack · 05.06.2007, 09:45 PM

I'd like to read it. I have a few books like it I want to read, as well. The Corporation seems interesting.
I've just finished the Communist Manifesto, which I'm sure ties in in many ways...

Toilet & Bowels · 05.07.2007, 05:32 AM

no logo isn't really a communist book, it points out certain short falls and bugbears in the capitalist system. the communist manifesto is an analysis of how captialism works, how it will end and what will replace it.

_slavo_ · 05.07.2007, 06:34 AM

I read it, but found it quite boring after all.

demonrail666 · 05.07.2007, 07:51 AM

I read No Logo but found nothing that a regular read of a newspaper and some common sense wouldn't have told me anyway.

Rebel Sell is much better but, again, anyone wandering into an Applestore or a Virgin Megastore will already know the score. And if anything, it's even more smug than No Logo. Not an easy feat to achieve.

!@#$%! · 05.07.2007, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

no logo isn't really a communist book, it points out certain short falls and bugbears in the capitalist system. the communist manifesto is an analysis of how captialism works, how it will end and what will replace it.

the communist manifesto is just a manifesto-- a pamphlet, propaganda, a paternalistic glorification of the middle ages during a time when industrialism was brutal. its not really an analysis. for that, read das kapital-- & good luck staying awake

MellySingsDoom · 05.07.2007, 07:59 AM

I've seen people reading "No Logo" in Starbucks. Irony, anyone?

whorefrost · 05.07.2007, 08:02 AM

I read most of No Logo. Quite a good read.. unfortunately I suck at finishing books.

demonrail666 · 05.07.2007, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

I've seen people reading "No Logo" in Starbucks. Irony, anyone?

The real issue here is what YOU were doing in Starbucks? You iron-hearted child of Adam Smith, you!

whorefrost · 05.07.2007, 08:05 AM

maybe he saw them through the window

afterthefact · 05.07.2007, 08:05 AM

People at Starbucks THINK they are on the other side, and they never realize they are just supporting the latest rising corporate conglomeration racing with the others to see who can gain greatest control over our minds first

05.07.2007, 08:08 AM

The sentiments behind it are good, but the only problem is that it makes good points while confusing others.

MellySingsDoom · 05.07.2007, 08:08 AM

demonrail666 - Me, I was demanding that an underpaid Polish employee serve me my latte double quick, whilst I looked out the window to sneer at some peasants and throw peanuts at some anti-capitalists. I truly am the bitch of Adam Smith and Morton Friedman.

jon boy · 05.07.2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

I've seen people reading "No Logo" in Starbucks. Irony, anyone?

haha had to laugh.

screamingskull · 05.07.2007, 09:21 AM

i read it in high school. It was interesting.

demonrail666 · 05.07.2007, 09:45 AM

Has anyone read the book she wrote after No Logo? I forget what it's called. Haven't read it myself, just wondering.

screamingskull · 05.07.2007, 09:47 AM

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Has anyone read the book she wrote after No Logo? I forget what it's called.

No War?

screamingskull · 05.07.2007, 09:48 AM

or

demonrail666 · 05.07.2007, 09:50 AM

Ah, the one I was actually thinking of was the Fences and Windows one. Have you read that?

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05.06.2007, 08:38 PM	#1
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	Have you read it? I'm starting it tonight. I already read a book on the opposing view of it (The Rebel Sell), so I'd like to see how the views contrast. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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05.06.2007, 09:36 PM	#2
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	What is it about? I'm not up on "literature." __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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05.06.2007, 09:45 PM	#3
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I'd like to read it. I have a few books like it I want to read, as well. The Corporation seems interesting. I've just finished the Communist Manifesto, which I'm sure ties in in many ways... __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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05.07.2007, 05:32 AM	#4
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	no logo isn't really a communist book, it points out certain short falls and bugbears in the capitalist system. the communist manifesto is an analysis of how captialism works, how it will end and what will replace it.
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05.07.2007, 06:34 AM	#5
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,907	I read it, but found it quite boring after all. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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05.07.2007, 07:51 AM	#6
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I read No Logo but found nothing that a regular read of a newspaper and some common sense wouldn't have told me anyway. Rebel Sell is much better but, again, anyone wandering into an Applestore or a Virgin Megastore will already know the score. And if anything, it's even more smug than No Logo. Not an easy feat to achieve.
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05.07.2007, 07:59 AM	#8
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	I've seen people reading "No Logo" in Starbucks. Irony, anyone? __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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05.07.2007, 08:02 AM	#9
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	I read most of No Logo. Quite a good read.. unfortunately I suck at finishing books. __________________ hehehe
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05.07.2007, 08:05 AM	#11
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	maybe he saw them through the window __________________ hehehe
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05.07.2007, 08:08 AM	#13
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	The sentiments behind it are good, but the only problem is that it makes good points while confusing others.
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05.07.2007, 09:21 AM	#16
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i read it in high school. It was interesting.
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05.07.2007, 09:45 AM	#17
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Has anyone read the book she wrote after No Logo? I forget what it's called. Haven't read it myself, just wondering.
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	or
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05.07.2007, 09:50 AM	#20
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Ah, the one I was actually thinking of was the Fences and Windows one. Have you read that?
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