Adbusters a récemment lancé un "sneaker" anti-Nike, et supposément anti-marques en général. J'étais plutôt sceptique, d'autant plus que le communiqué affirme que Naomi Klein avait des doutes sur l'initiative. Je respecte beaucoup l'intelligence de Naomi Klein, alors j'ai fait une petite recherche. J'ai trouvé une toute petite citation de Naomi Klein, mais pas d'article complet. Dommage... si quelqu'un le trouve, postez un commentaire...
En tout cas, l'idée est originale et fait des vagues, même si à mon avis, c'est tomber dans le piège classique du capitalisme: commercialiser l'opposition. Adbusters should know better.
Voir le site officiel de Blackspot, une entrevue avec le PDG de Blackspot, dans laquelle il défend l'idée face à certaines critiques. Voir aussi d'autres articles qui traitent de la question ici et ici.
Le site où j'ai trouvé une courte citation de Naomi Klein (on ne mentionne pas la source, malheureusement) est ici.
Ci-bas, le communiqué de presse.
Jammers,
Naomi Klein threw cold water on the idea, and there was a widespread lefty revolt against it. "Why is Adbusters launching a brand and selling a sneaker?" they cried. Why indeed. Because there are times when actions speak louder then words. At some point we have to acknowledge that just talking a good game is not enough. We may have changed a few minds with our rhetoric, but we haven't changed the world - yet.
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Kalle Lasn CEO, The Blackspot Anticorporation