Consumerism

Valentines Day Consumerism Trap

Valentine’s Day: The Consumerist Sandwich We Never Asked For

Business, Relationships / 5 minutes of reading / / By / , , , ,

Ah, Valentine’s Day. The commercial lovechild of Christmas and Easter—a perfectly timed event designed to remind us to keep spending. Just as the last of the tinsel is vacuumed off the carpet and the Boxing Day sales clear out, supermarkets …

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a billboard in a city displaying a man who smiles proudly from our billboards that his armpits are odor free

The Pathetic Consumer: Alienation, Power, and the Illusion of Fulfillment

Philosophy / 6 minutes of reading / / By / , , , , ,

“Most people would agree that the word alienation applies to modern man; that something happened in history which gradually despoiled the average man, transformed him from an active creative being into the pathetic consumer who smiles proudly from our billboards …

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