Reasons behind DIYing

I've decided, through research not just my inklings, that there are basically 3 main reasons behind the DIY movement.

1: How horrible businesses can be: We all know that corporations are not exactly moral angels. They exploit workers, do shady business deals, practice planned obsolescence in order to make us purchase more things, and do harm to the environment. Plus, their decisions are their decisions; our only power is our purchasing power which doesn't offer a lot of choices: buy or don't. We have no freedom with that! DIY can be used to create unique items in a world of sameness and for political activists who are againtst bad business practices.

2: Obviously, to save money: Now it's not always a sure thing that by DIYing you will save money, but generally it is true. College students & young adults don't have a lot of money (stereotypical but you know what I mean), and so turning to DIY can be a smart way to still have a design-oriented life on the cheap!

3: The pure joy of creating! Our reading of Janet Abrams' article in Metro Mag perfectly described the joy creating your own object can be. Hers was a more artistic, organic, crafty story, but I think her ideas can apply to all forms of DIY. If someone is ripping apart a shirt and making a skirt, it's still a physical act of creation - old to new. It's still exciting. This is probably the best reason for people to DIY. I agree with her that things are moving so quickly toward all-digital all the time. It's insane. And there's nothing wrong with working on a computer, but it should not completely replace our physicality and relationship with the objects around us.