This is basically anti-consumerism and telling people about how we're all just bought and sold in a capitalistic market.
If found this interview regarding the song:
OV: There's also an element of anti-consumerism in your work- especially on this album's "Bought and Sold," which is an anti-Wal-Mart song. What is that coming out of?
Dar: I just keep seeing people getting swallowed up and very into themselves. Consumerism is not worth it. It's just a carrot and stick that draws you down into Hell. You're never free and you're never defined from within.
OV: In "Bought and Sold" you say "I look up to the people who are less bought than I." Do you consider yourself bought?
Dar: In some ways... I certainly know people who are less "bought" than I am. I need to remember that.
OV: I understand you don't buy products from China? Except shower curtains?
Dar. YEAH! That's funny... yep, and a drain for my sink because everything was made in China and I needed one so. Actually I just got some lotion, and I actually knew it. It was from The Body Shop and I've already written a letter to them saying they shouldn't buy products made in China.
This is basically anti-consumerism and telling people about how we're all just bought and sold in a capitalistic market.
If found this interview regarding the song:
OV: There's also an element of anti-consumerism in your work- especially on this album's "Bought and Sold," which is an anti-Wal-Mart song. What is that coming out of?
Dar: I just keep seeing people getting swallowed up and very into themselves. Consumerism is not worth it. It's just a carrot and stick that draws you down into Hell. You're never free and you're never defined from within.
OV: In "Bought and Sold" you say "I look up to the people who are less bought than I." Do you consider yourself bought?
Dar: In some ways... I certainly know people who are less "bought" than I am. I need to remember that.
OV: I understand you don't buy products from China? Except shower curtains?
Dar. YEAH! That's funny... yep, and a drain for my sink because everything was made in China and I needed one so. Actually I just got some lotion, and I actually knew it. It was from The Body Shop and I've already written a letter to them saying they shouldn't buy products made in China.