Monday, September 15, 2014

The Economist | BuyPartisan: Voting with your wallet

The Economist
BuyPartisan
An app that brings partisan rage to the grocery store

WASHINGTON, DC

PURITANISM, wrote H.L. Mencken, is "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy." Half a century later, the prissiest Americans are haunted by a different fear: that they may buy cheese made by someone whose opinions they do not share. To help people avoid this calamity, a new app called BuyPartisan reveals whether any given product is made by Republicans or Democrats.



Sent from my iPad

No comments:

Post a Comment