Liberation
Jeffrey Tucker of mises.org wrote a piece on LRC a few years back about the scourge of shaving cream dependency.
Why is the world hooked on this stuff? Here’s what happens. Early on in a person’s life, when whiskers and stubble begin to appear on the skin, the young teen is presented a razor and a can – a can with a squirting top that releases a foam. It is a charming little foam. The child is taught to rub it on and then shave it off.
Oh how funny looking it is when the foam is on us! And how fun to zap it off. We are left with clean and smooth skin. Pure magic. But the magic doesn’t last.
It never occurs to this child – so innocent, so naïve, so trusting – that he or she has been hooked into a lifetime of shaving hell. That foam, that sweet looking puff of magic, is in fact the great enemy of a good shave – black magic that relies on perpetuating dependency and ignorance.
I stumbled across this manifesto recently and it inspired me to cast off the shaving cream yoke, and I can confirm that it has been a life-changing experience. Better shaves, no shaving cream, no cuts. It’s been a revelation!
As a bonus, by eliminating a periodic expense, this also dovetails nicely with my recent decision to cut my own spending as an act of civil disobedience from the President’s Krugmanite stimulus stratagem. Take that, Obama!
February 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Stick it them, my newly hirsute friend!